Welcome to your Figurative Language/Expressions(Study by Topics Junior Class) NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: Keep the kettle in the kitchen.litotesmetaphoralliterationoxymoron2. A verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a particular effect.justificationironyimagerymetaphor3. A figure of speech that uses something closely related to a person or thing to describe that person or thing is referred to asparadoxsynecdocheeuphemismmetonymy4. A figure of speech that seeks to address an absent person, thing or object is calledmyosisoxymoronepiphoraapostrophe5. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: The house where the old woman lives is as quiet as a graveyard.metaphorsimilemetaphorpersonnification6. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: The entire world came down on me when I failed to make it for the show.litotessimilehyperboleexaggeration7. ………….. are words or phrases, the meaning of which cannot be taken literally, used for comparison, emphasis, clarity or freshness in writing.literary devicefigures of speechcarpe diemsensory chat8. A deliberate exaggeration aimed at laying emphasis is referred to aseuphemismhyperbolesynecdochemetaphor9. 'We will keep our fingers crossed'The above is an example ofsynecdocheeuphemismmetonymyanalogy10. Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:Her smile shone as brightly as the full moon.exaggerationmetaphorsimilezeugma11. A………. is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. It works by pointing out a similarity between two unlike thingsmetaphorpersonnificationsimilemeiosis12. 'I will keep an eye on him"The above is an example ofhyperboleeuphemismsynecdochemetaphor13. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following:Throughout the journey, the tree kept waving at me.hyperbolelitotespersonnificationoxymoron14. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: Nigeria is a country that flows with milk and honey.metaphorassonanceallusionalliteration15. Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:The raindrops danced and jumped on the window.metaphorexaggerationpersonnificationsimile16. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: I would never leave my wife in a million years.hyperbolepersonificationmetaphorsimile17. The two types of language found in poetry and other written works are:figurative and creativeliteral and analysiscreative and prosefigurative and literal18. 'I have been saved by the cross of Calvary'The above is an example ofhyperbolesynecdochemetonymyoxymoron19. Identify the figures of speech as used for expression in the following: The girl is as cunning as a fox.repititionleandreasmetaphorsimile20. 'I stood there, talking in front of the whole world'The above is an example ofhyperboleeuphemismconsonanceonomatopoeia21 out of 20Time is Up!
