Instructions: Write the name of the BEST figure of speech in the blank for each of the following examples.

If there is no figure of
speech present in the example, write "NOTHING", in the blank. Provide ONLY ONE answer per blank.
SIMILE METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE ONOMATOPOEIA APOSTROPHE
ALLITERATION ASSONANCE CONSONANCE SYNECHDOCHE METONYMY IRONY

1. _________________ He sips the tedium of his days like tepid tea, and fills his emptiness with words.
2. _________________ Autumn morning wind and the wild geese calling -- a knife edge in the sky.
3. _________________ The girls blossomed forth in their new dresses and bonnets.
4. _________________ They parted more swiftly and savagely than gulls.
5. _________________ Time is a kindly father tickling his loving child into giggling senselessness before carrying him off to bed.
6. _________________ Wayne Gretzky knows a thing or two about hockey.
7. _________________ They live alone, together in a worn out old shack.
8. _________________ The corner garage is now closed down; only a lonely old '42 sits in the abandoned parking lot.
9. _________________ My love poem is a lump in my throat, a homesickness.
10. _________________ A tree is an immovable critic twitching his skin.
11. _________________ No moon. My boots crunch on the iced over path. The woods are still. I have nowhere to go.
12. _________________ Not so much as a hiss or a murmur came through his canine mouth.
13. _________________ She brushed away tears that had not yet fallen.
14. _________________ "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge,
15. _________________ Oh world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
16. _________________ Marlisse really likes Morgan, and he really liked her too.
17. _________________ Oh,the cinnamon buns were huge roles, reminiscent of the twisted buns on the sides of
Princess Leia's head.

18. _________________ We danced for years and then she kissed me and all the planets in the universe aligned themselves.
19. _________________ Lily ladled little Letty's lentil soup into her bowl.
20. _________________ He snatched the thunderbolt from heaven and presented it to his love.

IDENTIFYING TONE & MOOD For each example identify the tone, what context clues are used to
convey the tone, and the overall mood of the sentence. 1. Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous
glow on her face as she told about her fianc and their wedding plans.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the
room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her
child an F. Tone
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Drawing the attention of his classmates as well as his teacher, the student dared to experiment with his professors
intelligence by interrogating him about the Bible.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. He furtively glanced behind him, for hear of his imagined pursuers, then hurriedly walked on, jumping at the
slightest sound even of a leaf crackling under his own foot.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the childs neck, and carefully, quietly, left the
room making sure to leave a comforting ray of light shining through the opened door should the child wake.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. The laughing wind skipped through the village, teasing trees until they danced with anger and cajoling the grass
into fighting itself, blade slapping blade, as the silly dog with golfball eyes and flopping, slobbery tongue bounded
across the lawn.
Tone _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Context Clues __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mood ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

READING #1
When all the people had assembled, the king, surrounded by his court,xx1xx a signal. Then a door
beneath him opened, and the accused man stepped out into the arena. Directly opposite him were
two doors, exactlyxx2xx and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the person on trial to
walk directly to these xx3xx and open one of them. He xx4xx open either door he pleased; he was
subject to no guidance or influence but that of impartial and incorruptible chance. If he opened the
one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the fiercest and most cruel that could be found,
which xx5xx sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. But, if the
accused person opened the other door, out of it came a xx6xx lady, and to this lady he was
immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the xx7xx method of administering
justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could xx8xx know out of which door would
come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest xx9xx whether, in the next
instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused person was instantly xx10xx if guilty,
and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot.
Adapted from The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton

Multiple-Choice Questions
Click on the answer you think is correct.
1. xx1xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

give
gives
gave
given

2. xx2xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

alike
different
big
closed

3. xx3xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

door
doors
people
signals

4. xx4xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

should
would
must
could

5. xx5xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

immediately
usually
sometimes
frequently

6. xx6xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

suddenly
angry
beautiful
old

7. xx7xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

criminal's
king's
lady's
tiger's

8. xx8xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

even
also
especially
not

9. xx9xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

interest
belief
idea
reason

10. xx10xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

punish
punishing
punishes
punished

11. How many doors could the person choose from?

a)
1
b)
2

c)
d)

3
4

12. The main purpose of the custom discussed was

a)
entertainment.
b)
justice.
c)
religious observation.
d)
to get money.
13. Who decided which door was to be opened?
a)
the criminal
b)
the people in the arena
c)
the king
d)
the lady
14. The word assembled in the first sentence means
a)
lifted
b)
gathered
c)
expected
d)
opened
15. The word innocent in the last sentence means
a)
not happy
b)
not angry
c)
not usual
d)
not guilty

READING #2
The most extraordinary dream I ever xx1xx was one in which I fancied that, as I was going into a
theater, the cloak-room attendant stopped me in the lobby and insisted on my xx2xx my legs
behind. I was not surprised; but I was considerably annoyed. I said I had never heard of such a rule
at any respectable theater xx3xx, and that I considered it a most absurd regulation. The man replied
that he was very xx4xx, but that those were his instructions. People complained that they could not
get to and from their xx5xx comfortably, because other people's legs were always in the way; and it
had, therefore, been decided that xx6xx should leave their legs outside. It seemed to me that the
management, in making this order, had gone xx7xx their legal right; and, under ordinary
circumstances, I should have disputed it. However, I didn't want to xx8xx a disturbance; and so I
sat down and meekly prepared to comply with the demand. I had never before xx9xx that the
human leg could be unscrewed. I had always thought it was more securely fixed. But the man
showed me how to undo them, and I found that they came off quite easily. The discovery did not
surprise xx10xx any more than the original request that I should take them off. Nothing does
surprise one in a dream.
Adapted from Dreams, by Jerome K. Jerome

Multiple-Choice Questions
Click on the answer you think is correct.

1. xx1xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

was
saw
had
wanted

2. xx2xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

leave
leaves
leaving
left

3. xx3xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

before
after
during
so

4. xx4xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

angry
sorry
friendly
helpful

5. xx5xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

homes
jobs
arms
seats

6. xx6xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

somebody
everybody
anybody
nobody

7. xx7xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

beyond
from
to
around

8. xx8xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

understand
know
make
learn

9. xx9xx
a)
b)

know
known

c)
d)
10. xx10xx
a)
b)
c)
d)

knowing
knows

him
them
me
us

11. The word extraordinary in the first sentence means

a)
wonderful
b)
unusual
c)
terrible
d)
funny
12. How did the writer feel about being asked to leave his legs hehind?
a)
angry
b)
scared
c)
surprised
d)
happy
13. When the writer was asked to leave his legs behind, he
a)
did not do it.
b)
was not able to do it.
c)
did it.
d)
ran away.
14. True or False: The writer was the only person who had to remove his legs.
a)
True.
b)
False.
15. True or False: The writer had never removed his legs before.
a)
True.
b)
False.
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