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Adebayo_funsho2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Figures of Speech.
Indicate the figures of speech used in each of the following sentences:
I think my answers are:
1.The boy has kicked the bucket. (simile)
2.The car zooms pass them. (metaphor)
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. (hyperbole)
4.Kamala dranks a pail of tea yesterday. (Irony)
5.He is the pillar of his family. (personification)
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard. (Onomatopoeia)
7.Frederick fried fresh fishes in france. (paradox)
8.The man is known for his eloquent silence. (Euphemism)
9.More haste.less speed. (Alliteration)
10.He is as cunning as a fox. (Oxymorom).
I think my answers are:
1.The boy has kicked the bucket. (simile)
2.The car zooms pass them. (metaphor)
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. (hyperbole)
4.Kamala dranks a pail of tea yesterday. (Irony)
5.He is the pillar of his family. (personification)
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard. (Onomatopoeia)
7.Frederick fried fresh fishes in france. (paradox)
8.The man is known for his eloquent silence. (Euphemism)
9.More haste.less speed. (Alliteration)
10.He is as cunning as a fox. (Oxymorom).
Top answer
You'd better try again. This one is right: 5. He is the pillar of his family.
- You'd better try again.
- This one is right: 5.
- He is the pillar of his family.
- (personification) PS: Why don't you use a dictionary to find out what those various figures of speech are?
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You'd better try again. This one is right:
5. He is the pillar of his family. (personification)
PS: Why don't you use a dictionary to find out what those various figures of speech are?
5. He is the pillar of his family. (personification)
PS: Why don't you use a dictionary to find out what those various figures of speech are?
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The sentences have a few errors. I've corrected those for you to make it easier for you to work out the answers.
1.The boy has kicked the bucket.
2.The car zooms past them.
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
4.Kamala drank a pail of tea yesterday.
5.He is the pillar of his family.
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard.
1.The boy has kicked the bucket.
2.The car zooms past them.
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
4.Kamala drank a pail of tea yesterday.
5.He is the pillar of his family.
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard.
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1.The boy has kicked the bucket. **EUPHEMISM
2.The car zooms past them. **ONOMATOPOEIA
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. **MOTONYMY
4.Kamala drank a pail of tea yesterday. **HYPERBOLE
5.He is the pillar of his family. **METAPHOR
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard. **SIMILE
7.Frederick fried fresh fishes in france. **ALLITERATION
8.The man is known for
2.The car zooms past them. **ONOMATOPOEIA
3.Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. **MOTONYMY
4.Kamala drank a pail of tea yesterday. **HYPERBOLE
5.He is the pillar of his family. **METAPHOR
6.The place is a as quiet as a graveyard. **SIMILE
7.Frederick fried fresh fishes in france. **ALLITERATION
8.The man is known for
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