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Section: ___________________________ __________1. Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer. __________2. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances __________3. Leaves got up in a coil and hissed __________4. Pack clouds, away; and welcome, day! __________5. The crown will have an heir. __________6. Show your respect for snow hair. __________7. This horse can run faster than the speed of light. __________8. The killer wore a mark of Cain as he stalked his brother __________9. The screaming sound of silence pierced my brain. __________10. I find him not at all displeasing. __________11. Such a cruel kindness is your love for me. __________12. While I nodded dearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping. __________13. Tick tock tick tock, oh no, last two minutes. __________14. Strips of tinfoil winking like people __________15. T was later when the summer went Than when the cricket came. __________16. And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know,/Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honor'd, self-secure,/Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. __________17. You study all-week for a spelling test, then mis-spell your name on the test. __________18. What if your speeches were more quotable?/ What if your speeches were more powerful?/ What if your speeches were more memorable? Jubilee Christian Academy High School Department English 8, SY 2012- 2013 Figures of Speech Reviewer Name: ____________________________ Section: ___________________________

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__________1. Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer. __________2. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances __________3. Leaves got up in a coil and hissed __________4. Pack clouds, away; and welcome, day! __________5. The crown will have an heir. __________6. Show your respect for snow hair. __________7. This horse can run faster than the speed of light. __________8. The killer wore a mark of Cain as he stalked his brother __________9. The screaming sound of silence pierced my brain. __________10. I find him not at all displeasing. __________11. Such a cruel kindness is your love for me. __________12. While I nodded dearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping. __________13. Tick tock tick tock, oh no, last two minutes. __________14. Strips of tinfoil winking like people __________15. T was later when the summer went Than when the cricket came. __________16. And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know,/Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honor'd, self-secure,/Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. __________17. You study all-week for a spelling test, then mis-spell your name on the test. __________18. What if your speeches were more quotable?/ What if your speeches were more powerful?/ What if your speeches were more memorable?

Ans: 1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. apostrophe 5. metonymy 6. synecdoche 7. hyperbole 8. allusion 9. paradox 10. litotes 11. oxymoron 12. consonance 13. Onomatopoeia 14. assonance 15. alliteration 16. cacophony 17. irony 18. anaphora

Ans: 1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. apostrophe 5. metonymy 6. synecdoche 7. hyperbole 8. allusion 9. paradox 10. litotes 11. oxymoron 12. consonance 13. Onomatopoeia 14. assonance 15. alliteration 16. cacophony 17. irony 18. anaphora