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GUESS THE FIGURE OF SPEECH

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  • “Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!” — William Shakespeare (King John)
    ANAPHORA
  • “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
    ANTITHESIS
  • The teacher who hates noise lives next to the busy highway.
    IRONY
  • “I am currently experiencing a state of physical and mental fatigue that prevents me from functioning at my usual capacity.”
    CIRCUMLOCUTION
  • “Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.” – Goethe
    ANTITHESIS
  • "She trembles whenever she talks in front of a long crowd. She is not confident."
    LITOTES
  • “It’s not uncommon for students to struggle with exams.”
    LITOTES
  • "The surest way to be wrong is to think you know all the answers." -Voltaire
    EPIGRAM
  • Hollywood produces many famous movies.
    METONYMY
  • “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
    CHIASMUS
  • The school won the basketball championship.
    METONYMY
  • “He has departed from this world and transitioned to a state beyond life.”
    CIRCUMLOCUTION
  • The classroom was very noisy today.
    METONYMY
  • “Do not do unto others what you do not want done unto you.”
    CHIASMUS
  • A pilot is afraid of heights.
    IRONY
  • "He's not inexperienced in this field."
    LITOTES
  • “Man proposes, God disposes.”
    ANTITHESIS
  • "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." -Abba Ebhan
    EPIGRAM
  • The swimming coach forgot how to swim.
    IRONY
  • One Heart, One Soul, One Dream, One Goal, One Hope, One Faith, Animo!
    ANAPHORA
  • “At this particular moment, I find myself experiencing a pronounced sensation indicative of the need to ingest nourishment.”
    CIRCUMLOCUTION
  • “We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.” — George W. Bush
    ANAPHORA
  • "Youth is wasted on the young." -George Bernard Shaw
    EPIGRAM
  • “The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” — The Bible
    CHIASMUS
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