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  • The fog light is as bright as the sun
    Simile
  • What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?
    Hyperbole
  • What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Metaphor
  • Death lays his icy hands on kings.
    Personification
  • Variety is the spice of life.
    Metaphor
  • What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same or letter at the beginning of the word?
    Alliteration
  • News spread as fast as a bullet.
    Simile
  • "These walls have ears" This sentence is an example of :
    personification
  • “In every cry of every Man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban”
    anaphora
  • "It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place."
    anaphora
  • Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.
    Personification
  • "The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers" This sentence is an example of:
    personification
  • She forgot her homework four days in a row and felt as flaky as a snowstorm.
    Simile
  • O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
    Hyperbole
  • "It is really dull day when we don't go to the mall" This sentence is an example of :
    alliteration
  • The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
    Simile
  • My wallet sucked all of my money.
    Personification
  • The camel is the ship of the desert.
    Metaphor
  • "I am so hungry that I can eat a horse" This sentence is an example of:
    hyperbole
  • Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
    Hyperbole
  • "The leaves danced in the wind" This sentence is an example of:
    personification
  • The wind whispers as it blows inside my ear.
    Personification
  • Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears.
    Hyperbole
  • Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
    Simile
  • Jenny and Rachel are cats and dogs whenever they fight.
    Metaphor
  • "The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers" This sentence is an example of:
    personification
  • "He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm." This sentence is an example of :
    simile
  • That kid is a tiger when she's angry.
    Metaphor
  • "Rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage" This sentence is an example of:
    alliteration
  • This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.
    personification
  • Go slow over the road.
    assonance
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