"The traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets." What figure of speech is used?
Irony
Tell a metaphor.
He is a lion.
The old house groaned and creaked as if it were protesting against the storm.
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.
"The bad news is, everybody passed the exam." What figure of speech is used?
Irony
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. What figure of speech is used?
Assonance
I slept for a week after that tough practice. Is an example of?
Hyperbole
“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Paradox
That fashion designer has no sense of fashion.
Irony
Her heart is gold. This sentence is a metaphor, true or false.
TRUE
"The small crowd still makes me anxious." What figure of speech is used?
Oxymoron
The calm palm swayed in the balmy air.
Assonance.
The world is a stage. what figure of speech is this ?
Metaphor
"This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line," (Todd 2007).
Oxymoron
What figure of speech has two contradicting statements?
Paradox
Her demotion is an open secret to her colleagues.
Oxymoron
Give an example of Paradox
"All I know is nothing."
“The Child is father of the Man.”
Paradox
Betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought some more butter to make the bitter butter better.
Alliteration
She cried a river of tears.
Hyperbole
Provide an example of oxymoron.
She clearly misunderstood the formula to solve the Maths problem.
Provide an example of alliteration.
Peter Piped picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Death lays its icy hands on the king. Identify the figure of speech.
Personification
The term "deafening silence" is an example of?
Oxymoron
He is as funny as a monkey. Identify the figure of speech.
Simile
Differentiate simile and metaphor.