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Figures of Speech Exercise

 Directions: Working Working with a partner, partner, read read the following paragraph and 1) underline 1) underline the  figures of speech speech. 2) label them as: simile, metaphor, euphemism, oxymoron, onomatopoeia and/or  alliteration   alliteration He started out as a paid volunteer for the Cocamamy Crudgeon Company and worked alliteration himself into a temporary full-time position. The uilding he worked in was a huge! oxymoron monolithic structure that seemed to spring up from the ce ment like a huge pointing simile finger. "n the listless lilting liposuction of life this was a #o of $illiputian proportions.   alliteration %t first! he liked the position! ut lately his oss seemed politely insulting towards   oxymoron Him! which caused him to respond in a passive aggressive manner. The relative truth of Oxymoron oxymoron the matter was that he needed this #o to pay for his mortgage and feed his urgeoning small crowd of a family. He let out a singular silent scream of painful remorse when his oxymoron alliteration inconsiderate! insidious! incoherent! idiot of a oss asked him to work overtime for the alliteration ten-thousandth time for very little overtime pay or gratitude from the firm. &'aggeration (hyperole) His oss started out in a low mumled schoolmarmish tone * +n the road of life metaphor  there are many crossroads and this is one of them. To live! to struggle! to work ,tis divine. e need your support tonight. e cant get this pro#ect completed without your diligent determined skills that will ring closure to this pro#ect and enale our team to alliteration metaphor   ond together in a multiplicity of #oyous accomplishment.  Metaphor metaphor  metaphor  He heard the sounds! ut the words seemed garled! as if he was listening under simile water. He had heard similar speeches efore the last 0 pro#ects that always seemed to give a lot of attention and praise to his oss! ut never anything to the peons that laored under  metaphor  him. His response was also somewhat poetic as he said! said! that he would rather take the  path less traveled! so he would have time to smell the roses with his wife and 0 kids.  Metaphor metaphor  metaphor 

Cont. igures aragraph He sensed that he was heading onto a ridge over trouled waters ! so he 3uickly added metaphor  that he would only e ale to work until 455 that evening. The oss came ack with a death stare and droned on aout eing a team player  Metaphor metaphor  and reaching towards the higher goal for the etterment of all and eing all that he could metaphor metaphor   e! etc. He ecame sadly amused at this and reached a preliminary conclusion aout his oxymoron oxymoron work situation. He decided to look for a #o that would let him have at least a little serious fun while he was still ale. He felt that in the tree of life their needs to e at least oxymoron metaphor  some edile fruit to sustain him through the harsh winters of his previous discontent. He metaphor  wrote on his resume that he had een a computer insertion specialist! which meant he had   euphemism  een doing drudgerous data entry diligently and dutifully for the last decade. Tic tock alliteration onomatopoei  time was creeping up on him he needed to strike while the iron was hot. He had rode this metaphor metaphor  horse to death. "t was time to get out of 6odge. inish this with your own ending using a metaphor  similes! o'ymoron! metaphor! onomatopoeia! euphemism and/or alliteration if you feel  poetic.  777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777   777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777