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Tell a metaphor.
He is a lion.
Death lays its icy hands on the king. Identify the figure of speech.
Personification
Provide an example of a simile using daffodils.
The daffodils stood in the garden like little suns, brightening the landscape with their cheerful yellow hues.
He is as funny as a monkey. Identify the figure of speech.
Simile
The world is a stage. what figure of speech is this ?
Metaphor
Provide an example of alliteration.
Peter Piped picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Her heart is gold. This sentence is a metaphor, true or false.
TRUE
“The Child is father of the Man.”
Paradox
“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Paradox
"This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line," (Todd 2007).
Oxymoron
Give an example of Paradox
"All I know is nothing."
Provide an example of oxymoron.
She clearly misunderstood the formula to solve the Maths problem.
Differentiate simile and metaphor.
That fashion designer has no sense of fashion.
Irony
"The bad news is, everybody passed the exam." What figure of speech is used?
Irony
"The small crowd still makes me anxious." What figure of speech is used?
Oxymoron
