The Figures of Speech/Clining I.

Identify the figurative language used in each line then, write your answer on the blank. (10 pts.) ______________ 1. Swishing sound of wind I hear. ______________ 2. True friends are like diamonds few and rare. ______________ 3. I cried a sea of tears when you left me. ______________ 4. If I were Midas, I would ask nothing else but such golden days as these. ______________ 5. Ambition, you have been a cruel master. I will serve you no more. ______________ 6. The flowers bowed to her as she passed. ______________ 7. The train is steel snake coiling its way through the mountains. ______________ 8. The old mans voice was as creaky as feet on old worn steps. ______________ 9. Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. ______________ 10. Oh, wind that sings so loud a song. II. On the blank before each number, write the letter of the figure of speech and encircle the letter of the interpretation that best expresses the meaning of the statement. (2 points each number) a. simile b. metaphor c. personification d. hyperbole e. metonymy f. synecdoche g. irony h. paradox i. oxymoron h. apostrophe j. allusion k. alliteration l. assonance ______ 1. He is quiet as a politician. a. He does talk so much. b. He talks a lot. c. He is a politician. ______ 2. The bench was not impressed by the lawyers appeal for mercy. a. People sitting on the bench were not affected by the lawyers appeal. b. The judge was not affected by the lawyers appeal. c. The crowd was not touched by the lawyers appeal. ______ 3. The silence is deafening. a. Silence can cause deaf. b. The silence is so deep that nothing can be heard. c. The deaf cant hear anything. ______ 4. Where I walk, my shadow is a marriage of flags. a. I am a product of many cultures. b. My shadow is covered with flags. c. I am a shadow of flags. ______ 5. O Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be left behind? a. The wind brings water and springs soon after. b. If there is sorrow, joy surely follows. c. There is no doubt that spring will come at the end of winter. ______ 6. He was called pretty boy, he had cauliflower ears, beetling brows, small bloodshot eyes, a flattened nose, and a badly scarred cheeks. a. He was an ugly man. b. He was a good-looking man. c. He was deformed not bad to look at. ______ 7. Hope is the nurse of life. a. The name of the nurse is Hope. b. Hope makes life bearable. c. If there is life, there is hope. ______ 8. Love is not Times fool. a. Time cannot fool love. b. The passage of time does not make love seem foolish. c. The passage of time does not make love fade. _______ 9. Jose is as faithful as an old dog. a. Jose is loyal to his friends. b. Joses friends are loyal to him. c. Jose takes care of a mother dog. _______ 10. Nida was a tiger in the fight. a. Nida played tiger in a play. b. Nida fought as fiercely as a tiger. c. The tigers name was Nida. III. Cline the following words. Write the word with the least intensity in number 1 and the word with the greatest intensity in number 5. 1. provoke, enrage, pacify, soothe, anger 2. hurt, crushed, offended, dismayed, dejected

5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 1. 5. 4. 3. 2.