Name:______________________________________________________________
Year & Section:_________________________Date:_________________________
Instructions: Identify the figures of speech used. Choose your answers from the
wordpool.Write your answers in the line provided.
onomatopoeia personification metaphor hyerbole simile
paradox oxymoron irony allegory metonymy alliteration
allusion litotes
______________________1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
______________________2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
______________________3. The camel is the ship of the desert.
______________________4. Variety is the spice of life.
______________________5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.
______________________6. Bang! And the runners speed off towards the finish
line.
______________________7. Saying ‘Oh Great” after failing the exam.
______________________8. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it
with tears.
______________________9. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
_____________________10. There is real love hate relationship developing
between the two of them.
_____________________11.Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.
_____________________12. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of
Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
_____________________13. He is a pilot with a fear of heights.
_____________________14. You were as brave as a lion.
_____________________15. He is skinny like a toothpick.
_____________________16.Network represents the many ways in which mass
media controls people.
_____________________17.I can’t resist anything but temptation.
_____________________18. The pen is mightier than the sword.
_____________________19. My dad will kill me, when he comes home.
____________________20.Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat is an example
of?
____________________21. The stars danced playfully in the moonligt.
____________________22. The assignment was a breeze.
____________________23.It represents the sound of what it describes.
____________________24.Betty bought a bitter butter.
____________________25.Laura is as sweet as honey.
Corrected by:____________________________________________________
Name:______________________________________________________________
Year & Section:_________________________Date:_________________________
Instructions: Identify the figures of speech used. Choose your answers from the
wordpool.Write your answers in the line provided.
onomatopoeia personification metaphor hyerbole simile
paradox oxymoron irony allegory metonymy alliteration
allusion litotes
______________________1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
______________________2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
______________________3. The camel is the ship of the desert.
______________________4. Variety is the spice of life.
______________________5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.
______________________6. Bang! And the runners speed off towards the finish
line.
______________________7. Saying ‘Oh Great” after failing the exam.
______________________8. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it
with tears.
______________________9. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
_____________________10. There is real love hate relationship developing
between the two of them.
_____________________11.Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.
_____________________12. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of
Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
_____________________13. He is a pilot with a fear of heights.
_____________________14. You were as brave as a lion.
_____________________15. He is skinny like a toothpick.
_____________________16.Network represents the many ways in which mass
media controls people.
_____________________17.I can’t resist anything but temptation.
_____________________18. The pen is mightier than the sword.
_____________________19. My dad will kill me, when he comes home.
____________________20.Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat is an example
of?
____________________21. The stars danced playfully in the moonligt.
____________________22. The assignment was a breeze.
____________________23.It represents the sound of what it describes.
____________________24.Betty bought a bitter butter.
____________________25.Laura is as sweet as honey.
Corrected by:____________________________________________________
1.The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. (Simile)
2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. (Simile)
3. The camel is the ship of the desert. (Metaphor)
4. Variety is the spice of life. (Metaphor)
5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay. (Personification)
6. Irony
7. Death lays his icy hands on kings. (Personification)
8. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears. (Hyperbole)
9. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain. (Hyperbole)
10 oxymoron
11. paradox.
12. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. (Hyperbole
13.irony
14. simile
15. simile
16. allegory
17.paradox
18.Metonymy
19.Hyperbole
20.onomatopoeia
21.Personification
22.Metaphor
23. onomatopoeia
24.alliteration
25.simile