1) deafening silence a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 2) the main road was the spine of the town a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 3) their hooves clattered a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 4) the ballerinas were like meringues in their puffed skirts a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 5) bombs burst brilliantly overhead a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 6) working vacation a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 7) the living dead a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 8) sulky centaurs slid across the slick ice a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 9) She was like the cat who got the cream a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 10) She was a breath of fresh air a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 11) we peeked and peered a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 12) seriously funny a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 13) murmuring a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 14) we sit and we listen to entrancing stories a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 15) he was as sharp as a pin a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 16) growing smaller a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 17) the rain pitter-pattered a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 18) he grunted and grimaced a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 19) Mr Smith was a weasel a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron 20) her breath out was like a prayer a) alliteration b) onomatopoeia c) sibilance d) metaphor e) simile f) oxymoron

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