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Figures of Speech Worksheet Choices: Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Metonymy Synecdoche Allusion Apostrophe Instructions: Select the best answer for each of the following. In some cases, more than one figure of speech may be present. 1. _____________“You better watch out,” he said, “the Law is powerful around here.” 2. _____________All hands on deck. 3. _____________And so we are condemned to a living death. 4. _____________His arms dangled a mile out of his shirt. 5. _____________His laughter was loud as thunder. 6. _____________His laughter was thunder to the child. 7. _____________I am so hungry I could eat a horse. 8. _____________I have read Harry Potter. 9. _____________I have such a bad headache that my head is going to explode! 10. _____________Like a cobra, any new enemy will more likely strike when it feels events are in its favor. 11. _____________Listening to his speech, is as exciting as watching paint dry.
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Figures of Speech Worksheet
Choices:Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole AlliterationOnomatopoeia Oxymoron Metonymy Synecdoche AllusionApostrophe
Instructions: Select the best answer for each of the following. In some cases, more than one figure of speech may be present.
1. _____________“You better watch out,” he said, “the Law is powerful around here.”
2. _____________All hands on deck.
3. _____________And so we are condemned to a living death.
4. _____________His arms dangled a mile out of his shirt.
5. _____________His laughter was loud as thunder.
6. _____________His laughter was thunder to the child.
7. _____________I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
8. _____________I have read Harry Potter.
9. _____________I have such a bad headache that my head is going to explode!
10. _____________Like a cobra, any new enemy will more likely strike when it feels events
are in its favor.
11. _____________Listening to his speech, is as exciting as watching paint dry.
12. _____________Lucy is a cyclone.
13. _____________Lucy is like a cyclone when she is angry.
14. _____________Oh overshoes, don’t you remember me?
15. _____________One couldn’t help but notice that there were a bunch of new faces at the
meeting.
16. _____________She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
17. _____________She’s as odd as Joan of Arc appeared to be.
18. _____________The message she received was bittersweet. He was alive but he’d fled
with Louise.
19. _____________The silence was deafening.
20. _____________The sizzling sausages squirted in the pan.
21. _____________The sleeping willows bowed their heads.
22. _____________The United States won the Olympics.
23. _____________The White House denied the allegations.
24. _____________The wind was a howling animal.
25. _____________The woman was a tigress in defense of her children.
26. _____________The World Wide Web is an amazing tool.
27. _____________Their apartment is as cheerful as can be.
28. _____________Trees are whispering my name.
