Question

Name the figures of speech in the following sentences:
1. To gossip is fault, to libel is a crime, to slander is a sin.
2. O mischief, thou art swift; To enter in the thoughts of
desperate men.
3. They speak like saints and act like devils.
4. How could he be a king, a soldier and a peon?
5. How high, his highness holds his haughty head.
6. What avail me, all my Kingdoms?
7. Hasten slowly.
8. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
9. Life is a dream.
10. The old, sick dog was put to sleep.
11. She was as proud as a peacock.
12. It crackled and growled and roared and howled.
13. He was conspicuous by his absence.
14. More haste, less speed.
15. The troops were swifter than eagles and stronger
than lions.
16. She dropped the pail and turned deathly pale.
17. While her mother did fret and her father did fume,
And her bridegroom stood, dangling his bonnet and plume.

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. Metaphor is the answer....