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    The document contains four sections: 1) Examples of figures of speech 2) A task to write the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs 3) An ordering exercise for adjectives 4) A matching exercise between sound devices (e.g. alliteration) and their definitions and examples.

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    The document contains four sections: 1) Examples of figures of speech 2) A task to write the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs 3) An ordering exercise for adjectives 4) A matching exercise between sound devices (e.g. alliteration) and their definitions and examples.

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    I.

    Figures of Speech

    ___________1. These walls have ears.


    ___________2. His room was a junk pile.
    ___________3. The baby's skin was like a rose petal.
    ___________4. The leaves danced in the wind.
    ___________5. I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
    ___________6. My mom ask me to get a hot-cold water for her.
    ___________7.)An anti-technology group sets up a website to recruit new club members.
    ___________8). Jimmy was sent to a correctional facility.
    ___________9.) I know that i know nothing.
    ___________10.) Oh nature, though art my goddess.

    B. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adverbs below.

    Adverb Comparative Superlative

    Ex: fast faster fastest

    1. hard _________ _________


    2. carefully
    3. early
    4. quickly
    5. slowly
    6. beautifully
    7. well
    8. clearly
    9. late
    10. far
    11. badly
    12. fluently

    C. Order of adjectives.
    1. We wanted __________________________________ (grey / a / metal) table.
    2. They bought __________________________________ (red / a / new) car.
    3. She went home and sat on __________________________________ (comfortable /
    her /wooden / old) bed.
    4. He bought _______________________________(woollen / a / British / fabulous) suit.

    5. They have __________________________________ (Dutch / black) bicycles.

    6. He wants __________________________(some / French / delicious / really) cheese.

    7. ________________________________ (young / a / pretty) girl walked into the room.


    8. He has __________________________________ (a lot of / old / interesting) books.

    9. She bought __________________________ (plastic / red / a / new) plastic lunchbox.

    10. He is looking for ____________________________ (leather / stylish / a /black) bag.

    11. She dropped __________________________________ (old / beautiful / the) plate


    and it smashed.
    12. I want __________________________________ (silk / green / an / amazing) dress.
    13. She drank __________________________________ (Italian / black / hot) coffee.

    14. He saw __________________________________ (French / writing / old / an) desk.

    15. They stayed in __________________________________ (little / a / cute) cottage.

    D. Match the sound device to its definition and the BEST example.

    A. Alliteration B. Assonance C. Consonance D. Onomatopoeia

    ___________The sound of the word echoes the original sound

    ___________The repetition of vowel sounds within words

    ___________The repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words

    ___________The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or syllables

    ___________“It shushes/ It hushes/ The loudness in the road.”

    ___________“A single swan, swinging, sleek as a sequin.”

    ___________“And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side.”

    ___________ The bat was blunt and flat."

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