Name: ____________________________________ Grade 10- Compassion Score: ___________

Identify what figure of speech was used in the following sentences.

Simile Metaphor Personification HyperboleAlliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia

_____________________ 1. She is the dictionary of the class._____________________ 2. Her smile is as sweet as a fresh-bloomed flower._____________________ 3. Dew drops falling down her deity feet._____________________ 4. I almost died of fear after seeing you in the dark._____________________ 5. The flowers poured their perfume of pure sweetness._____________________ 6. Hush! Hush! Don’t you hear the song in the air?_____________________ 7. Almost always I feel awkwardly averted._____________________ 8. I felt the fire of anger burning inside my heart._____________________ 9. My mother is gentle like the wind._____________________ 10. The lion roared and growled at the stranger.

Allusion Metonymy Synecdoche ApostropheLitotes Caesura Analogy

____________________ 11. To be or not to be; that is the question.____________________ 12. Courage, my friend, I need your presence today.____________________ 13. The great minds in this class are assigned in the research.____________________ 14. I became Dante and visited Hell.____________________ 15. The White House declared its support to the Philippines.____________________ 16. I am no stranger to parenthood.____________________ 17. Don’t act like Harry Potter who can conquer a Dark Lord.____________________ 18. O heart, o soul! What shattered thy merriness and joy?____________________ 19. I am not a dishonest person.____________________ 20. It’s not easy if you have ten mouths to feed.

Irony Paradox Oxymoron

___________________ 21. I goose bumps after I entered in a room with screaming quietness.___________________ 22. Don’t go into the water until you learned how to swim.___________________ 23. The name of my big fat dog is “Tiny”.___________________ 24. The sandwich you gave me is as thick as a paper.___________________ 25. The truth was revealed after he told a lie.

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