Figures of Speech Worksheet

Choices: Simile Alliteration Onomatopoeia Allusion Apostrophe Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Synecdoche

Oxymoron Metonymy

Instructions: Select the best answer for each of the following. In some cases, more than one figure of speech may be present.

1. Metonymy You better watch out, he said, the Law is powerful around here. 2. Synecdoche All hands on deck. 3. Oxymoron And so we are condemned to a living death. 4. Hyperbole His arms dangled a mile out of his shirt. 5. Simile His laughter was loud as thunder. 6. Metaphor His laughter was thunder to the child. 7. Hyperbole I am so hungry I could eat a horse. 8. Metonymy I have read Harry Potter. 9. Hyperbole I have such a bad headache that my head is going to explode! 10. Simile Like a cobra, any new enemy will more likely strike when it feels events are in its favor. 11. Hyperbole Listening to his speech, is as exciting as watching paint dry. 12. Metaphor Lucy is a cyclone. 13. Simile Lucy is like a cyclone when she is angry. 14. Apostrophe Oh overshoes, dont you remember me? 15. Synecdoche One couldnt help but notice that there were a bunch of new faces at the meeting. 16. Alliteration She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 17. Allusion Shes as odd as Joan of Arc appeared to be. 18. Oxymoron The message she received was bittersweet. He was alive but hed fled with Louise. 19. Oxymoron The silence was deafening. 20. Onom + alliteration The sizzling sausages squirted in the pan. 21. Personification The sleeping willows bowed their heads. 22. Metonymy The United States won the Olympics.

23. Metonymy 24. Metaphor 25. Metaphor children. 26. Alliteration 27. Personification 28. Personification

The White House denied the allegations. The wind was a howling animal. The woman was a tigress in defense of her The World Wide Web is an amazing tool. Their apartment is as cheerful as can be. Trees are whispering my name.