Figures of Speech  

  Comp 29B  

Figures
of
Speech

There are many
ways to say the
same thing.

It was so still,
you could hear
a
pin drop.

quiet

Make the sentences say the same thing.

The boys lost no time
getting to the table.

1.  hurried  sat
They  hurried
to the table.

My father runs the
trucking company.

2.  driver  boss
He is the big
_______.

Mother saw red when
I spilled my milk.

3.  angry  nice
She was very
_______.

After working, Sam was
hungry as a horse.

4.  sick  hungry
Sam was very
_______.

I was very still and
quiet as a church mouse.

5.  noise  sense
I did not
make _______.

Josef got sick as a dog
after he ate lemons.

6.  good  bad
He felt very
_______.