WorksheetsLexical/phonetic expressive means and stylistic devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Sally sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of:
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
My sister's room is a pig pen. This is an example of:
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two dissimilar things is called:
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
The type of figurative language that has a special meaning different from the actual meaning is called:
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Metaphor
The plates danced on the shelves during the earthquake. This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
The following statement is an example of a which figurative language?"I have told you a million times to come home at 9:00 pm!"
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Metaphor
"Jumbo Shrimp" and "Pretty Ugly" are both examples of:
Allusion
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Personification
If vegetarians eat vegetables, then what do humanitarians eat?
Allusion
rhetorical question
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
My brother is the black sheep of the family.
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Allusion
Metaphor
The president said, "Work, work, and work," are the keys to success.
Simile
repetition
Hyperbole
Alliteration
