Figures of Speech Practice worksheet with matching exercise and example sentence.

Task Overview:

The task involves matching sentences to the correct figure of speech from the given options:
- A. Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating one is the other.
- B. Simile: A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
- C. Personification: Giving human characteristics to nonliving things.
- D. Allusion: A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature.
- E. Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Solution:

#### 1. A comparison between two unlike things in which one is said to be another thing.
- Answer: A. Metaphor
- Explanation: This definition directly matches the concept of a metaphor, where one thing is stated to be another.

#### 2. Giving human characteristics to nonliving things.
- Answer: C. Personification
- Explanation: This definition describes personification, where nonhuman entities are given human traits or actions.

#### 3. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: This definition matches the simile, which uses "like" or "as" to make comparisons.

#### 4. The human circulatory system is like a plumbing system.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: The sentence uses "is like," indicating a simile.

#### 5. Life is sometimes like a circus.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: The sentence uses "is like," indicating a simile.

#### 6. She is as fat as a cow.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: The sentence uses "as...as," indicating a simile.

#### 7. We made a ton of money at the yard sale.
- Answer: E. Hyperbole
- Explanation: "A ton of money" is an exaggeration and not meant to be taken literally.

#### 8. Bob, Tim, and Caleb are known around school as the three stooges.
- Answer: D. Allusion
- Explanation: This sentence references "the three stooges," a well-known group of comedians, making it an allusion.

#### 9. His belly shook like a bowl of jelly.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: The sentence uses "like," indicating a simile.

#### 10. Steve's heart was a drum.
- Answer: A. Metaphor
- Explanation: The sentence directly states that Steve's heart "was a drum," which is a metaphor.

#### 11. The hikers were swallowed by the forest.
- Answer: C. Personification
- Explanation: The forest is given the human action of "swallowing," which is personification.

#### 12. It took me forever to do that homework!
- Answer: E. Hyperbole
- Explanation: "Forever" is an exaggeration used for emphasis.

#### 13. Bob is a big teddy bear.
- Answer: A. Metaphor
- Explanation: The sentence directly states that Bob "is a big teddy bear," which is a metaphor.

#### 14. The rain was like a waterfall.
- Answer: B. Simile
- Explanation: The sentence uses "was like," indicating a simile.

#### 15. His muscles were rocks.
- Answer: A. Metaphor
- Explanation: The sentence directly states that his muscles "were rocks," which is a metaphor.

#### 16. Her fingernails were daggers.
- Answer: A. Metaphor
- Explanation: The sentence directly states that her fingernails "were daggers," which is a metaphor.

#### 17. Kristy is such a scrooge when it comes to buying Christmas gifts.
- Answer: D. Allusion
- Explanation: The sentence references "Scrooge," a character from Charles Dickens' *A Christmas Carol*, making it an allusion.

#### 18. It rained so much we may need an ark!
- Answer: E. Hyperbole
- Explanation: The mention of needing an "ark" (like Noah's Ark) is an exaggeration.

#### 19. The wind spoke my name.
- Answer: C. Personification
- Explanation: The wind is given the human ability to "speak," which is personification.

#### 20. I may be afraid of spiders, but I'm no cowardly lion!
- Answer: D. Allusion
- Explanation: The sentence references "the cowardly lion" from *The Wizard of Oz*, making it an allusion.

Extra Question:

A woman, who was overweight and teased by the skinny cheerleader in high school, is now a personal trainer at a gym and is training the once skinny cheerleader to tone her now chubby body.

- Answer: Irony
- Explanation: This situation is ironic because the roles have reversed: the woman who was teased is now helping the former teaser. However, since irony is not one of the provided figures of speech, this question does not fit the given categories.

Final Answer:

\boxed{
\begin{array}{ll}
1. & \text{A. Metaphor} \\
2. & \text{C. Personification} \\
3. & \text{B. Simile} \\
4. & \text{B. Simile} \\
5. & \text{B. Simile} \\
6. & \text{B. Simile} \\
7. & \text{E. Hyperbole} \\
8. & \text{D. Allusion} \\
9. & \text{B. Simile} \\
10. & \text{A. Metaphor} \\
11. & \text{C. Personification} \\
12. & \text{E. Hyperbole} \\
13. & \text{A. Metaphor} \\
14. & \text{B. Simile} \\
15. & \text{A. Metaphor} \\
16. & \text{A. Metaphor} \\
17. & \text{D. Allusion} \\
18. & \text{E. Hyperbole} \\
19. & \text{C. Personification} \\
20. & \text{D. Allusion} \\
\end{array}
}