Identify the figures of speech in these sentences.
1. I had a tonne of homework.
2. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties! In
action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like god!
3. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are!
4. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
5. A horse is a very stable animal.
6. The wind whispered through dry grass.
7. That's one small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind.
8. The nightingale sang a tired song.
9. Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
10. Feet, don't fail me now.
Answers
Answer:
1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. (Simile)
2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. (Simile)
3. The camel is the ship of the desert. (Metaphor)
4. Variety is the spice of life. (Metaphor)
5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay. (Personification)
6. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face? (Apostrophe)
7. Death lays his icy hands on kings. (Personification)
8. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears. (Hyperbole)
9. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain. (Hyperbole)
10. Man proposes, God disposes. (Antithesis)
11. Many are called, but few are chosen. (Antithesis)
12. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. (Hyperbole)