Figures of Speech (Grade 11-13)

The car was knifed in two.

• Simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

As we opened the door the sun greeted us with a smile.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

The girls sailed through their driving tests easily.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The old man told the little boy that he can save money by spending it.

• irony

• sarcasm

• paradox

• euphemism

The students were obviously nervous because a deafening silence filled the atmosphere.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• oxymoron

• antithesis

Are you prepared to fight for your rights or are you going to die as wimps?

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Rhetorical Question

• Hyperbole

The visually impaired student had great difficulty understanding what the teacher was explaining.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• euphemism

• Paradox

In the summer season soft was the sun.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

To err is human; to forgive is divine.

• sarcasm

• metaphor

• antithesis

• paradox

The pen is mightier than the sword.

• antithesis

• metonymy

• metaphor

• hyperbole