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1. Figures of Speech
QUIZ

2. Identify the figure of
speech stated in each
item.

3. 1. He was as brave as a lion.
2. My alarm yelled at me this morning.
3. From the movie My Fair Lady: "The rain
in Spain stays mainly on the plain."
4. People don’t go to prison; it’s a
“correctional facility.”
5. Both bees and buzzers buzz.

4. 6. Her eyes are diamonds.
7. I've told you to stop a thousand times.
8. In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is
only asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills
himself.
9. The best part about music class is that you can bang on
the drum.
10. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame
on me

5. 11. Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you
could win an award for cleanliness!"
12. “I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and
because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.”
13. Go slow over the road
14. A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking
tickets
15. Lily likes eating M&Ms and binge-watching series on
Netflix