Question

Identify the figure of speech used in each passage. ___________ 1. April is the cruelest month of the year.

___________ 2. The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.
___________ 3. Not too shabby!
___________ 4. I am drowning in a sea of grief.
___________ 5. The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.
___________ 6. You are so slender that the wind can carry you away.
___________ 7. The radio stared me.
___________ 8. Love is a battlefield.
___________ 9. You snore like a freight train.
___________ 10. My goodness! That’s a shame!
___________ 11. I only message those who do not message.
___________12. A marriage counselor files a divorce.
___________ 13. She’s not unkind.
___________ 14. Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!
___________ 15. Save money by spending it.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Correct Answer:

The identified figure of speech is highlighted in bold letters.

1. Figure of speech is Personification. ( personification attributes human nature or qualities to abstract objects.)
2. Figure of speech is Simile. (simile compares two different things having similar qualities.)
3. Figure of speech is Litote. ( litotes are used as negative statements to show the positive reaction for the statement.)
4. Figure of speech is Metaphor. ( metaphor are used for comparing two or more things having something in common but very different in general.)
5. Figure of speech is Simile, ( simile compares two different things having similar qualities.)
6. Figure of speech is Hyperbole. ( hyperbole is used to exaggerate something.)
7. Figure of speech is Simile. ( simile compared two different things having similar qualities.)
8. Figure of speech is Simile. ( simile compared two different things having similar qualities.)
9. Figure of speech is Simile. ( simile compared two different things having similar qualities.)
10. Figure of speech is Irony. ( irony shows the use of words in the opposite meaning.)
11. Figure of speech is Paradox. ( paradox is a statement or a group of statement where the statement contradicts itself.)
12. Figure of speech is Oxymoron. ( oxymoron is used when two opposing ideas are linked at once. Do not confuse these with irony and paradox.)
13. Figure of speech is Litotes. ( litotes are used as negative words to convey the positive order.)
14. Figure of speech is Irony. ( irony is used to convey something by using opposite meaning.)
15. Figure of speech is Paradox. ( paradox is when a statement opposes itself.)

Hence the final answer.

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