6. 'My son's teacher made it clear that cheating in Exam was no laughing
matter."
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
'Out in the porch's sagging floor, Leaves got up in a coil and hissed, Blindly struck at my knee and missed.'
metaphor
irony
simile
hyperbole
2. George Bush talked during his campaign about 'compassionate conservatism', which to many liberals sounds like a(n) ___________________.
apostrophe
synecdoche
oxymoron
euphemism
3. 'Necessity is the mother of invention.'
litotes
personification
oxymoron
paradox
4. 'The poor people of Ireland should rid themselves of poverty by selling their children to the rich to eat.'
irony
logorrhea
paradox
neologism
5. The phrases 'the humming bee', 'the cackling hen', and 'the buzzing saw' are examples of ________________.
onomatopoeia
metonymy
personification
spoonerisms
6. 'How many times have I told you to clean your room?'
rhetorical question
oxymoron
hyperbole
eponymy
7. 'To err is human, to forgive divine.'
irony
simile
antithesis
litotes