1) She sells seashells by the seashore a) Assonance b) Onomatopoeia c) Anaphora d) Alliteration 2) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness” a) Assonance b) Allitteration c) Paradox d) Anaphora 3) “fair is foul and foul is fair" a) Juxtaposition b) Oxymoron c) Paradox d) Chiasmus 4) They passed away a) Climax b) Hyperbole c) Euphemism d) Simile 5) I have a million things to do a) Oxymoron b) Kenning c) Understatement d) Hyperbole 6) “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it” a) Understatement b) Paradox c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole 7) I was a bookworm when I was a student a) Simile b) Kenning c) Personification d) Synecdoche 8) You’re not wrong. a) Chiasmus b) Litote c) Paradox d) JuxJuxtaposition 9) Don Abbondio non era nato con un cuor di leone a) Simile b) Litote c) Oxymoron 10) “It was O.K.” – Said by the student who got the highest score on the test. a) Oxymoron b) Understatement c) Litote d) Paradox 11) It was the first real day of summer, and by the time she came back indoors, she was as red as a tomato. a) Hyperbole b) Simile c) Pleonasm 12) Denial is a river in Egypt a) Onomatopoeia b) Metonymy c) Pun d) Synecdoche 13) New England won the game by a touchdown. a) Metonymy b) Personification c) Synecdoche d) Simile 14) The burning fire warmed the whole house. a) Personification b) Pleonasm c) Pun d) Paradox 15) “If you want I can give you a hand.” a) Metonymy b) Synecdoche c) Understatement 16) “The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.” a) Metonymy b) Simile c) Synecdoche d) synesthesia 17) Speech is silver, but silence is gold. a) Antithesis b) Climax c) Anticlimax d) Juxtaposition 18) My brother, my captain, my king. a) Climax b) Oxymoron c) Pun 19) This is another fine mess you have got us into. a) Metonymy b) Understatement c) Oxymoron 20) "He was not burdened with an overabundance of schooling". a) Circumlocution b) Pun c) Paradox d) Euphemism 21) Excuse me Tarzan, could you please come down from that tree. a) Pun b) Simile c) Antonomasia d) Metonymy 22) Oh, trees, how majestic you are as you throw down your golden leaves. a) Apostrophe b) Antonomasia c) Simile d) Climax 23) The boom of a firework exploding, the tick tock of a clock, and the ding dong of a doorbell a) Onomatopoeia b) Juxtaposition c) Hyperbole 24) Little sorrows sit and weep. a) Personification b) Simile c) Apostrophe

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