FIGURES OF SPEECHSOUND DEVICES: ALLITERATION ASSONANCE ONOMATOPOEIA

ONOMATOPOEIA: THE USE OF WORDS TO RECREATE SOUNDS.

COMPARISONS: SIMILE AND METAPHOR

EXERCISE 1:

IN THE SENTENCES BELOW, UNDERLINE ALL THE EXAMPLES OF:ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE, ONOMATOPOEIA

1. The tall trees touched the sky.2. He could hear the wakka-wakka of the helicopter blades from far away.3. Mike’s trike is like a bike.4. Small snails slipped across the grass.5. “Gotta go get some goodies!”6. Fred forgot his fins.7. The water poured and roared down the gorge.8. Olga offered them the crumbling crayfish.9. The curious cat crept into the room.10.Vivid victories thrill the eye!

EXERCISE 2:

IDENTIFY THE COMPARISONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES: (I.E. SIMILES, METAPHORS, PERSONIFICATION)

1. The sea was as calm as a bath.2. Every day the mountains call to me.3. My car is my prise.4. The table tipped like the deck of a ship during a storm.5. The chef wielded the knife like a sword.6. The lion lorded it over the grasslands.7. She watched the golden sun roll across the horizon.8. His table was a shield against the world.9. The flowers smiled to greet the day.10.She held his heart in her hand.

EXERCISE 3:

IDENTIFY THE COMPARISONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED.STATE THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPARED.

1. Her hair was as smooth as a chiffon scarf.2. The cat was as wild as an untamed tornado.3. The cheetah scorched across the earth in a lightning streak.4. I watched the old oak tree wave to us as we passed.5. Last night was a pot of melted tar.6. He panicked when he saw the trench-like pothole.7. His hands were great chunks of marble.8. He gave her a look that would slice through concrete.9. The youngster’s lies were like a sandcastle in the wind.10.Fending off the bees like playing an insane tennis match.

EXERCISE 4:

IDENTIFY THE SOUND DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN USED EACH TIME:

1. Swishing, sashaying chiffon.2. Every elephant edged away3. The calunk of the bulldozer’s hand.4. Keep kicking carefully.5. Her car made a high ping every time she tuned the wheel.6. They watched the latter and saw them scatter.7. Taking turns to try.8. It’s too soon to count our boon.9. She heard the buzz saw’s zing.10.Mystical mountains and passionate peaks.