Figures of Speech Ap Eng. Lang

" The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

"He is a heartbreak" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• The truth

"Like a fool she threw away her ticket" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

"High blood pressure is very real and dangerous, snatching the lives of many people" is an example of?

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

"In contrast to the roaring of the hurricane, the breezes in the eye barely whispered to the frightened trailer court residents huddled beneath the jammed storm cellar door" is an example of?

• Personification

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Animism

• Metaphor

"The waves hissed and struck my feet" is an example of?

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Pun

• Animism

• Personification

"The police station was robbed during donut break time" is an example of?

• Irony

• Satire

• Pun

• Pathetic Fallacy

"I won't last a day without my iPhone" is an example of?

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Irony

• Understatement

"We regard Hitler as a man of not high character" is an example of?

• Litotes

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Irony

"The secret service agent said that the eagle has landed" is an example of?

• Synecdoche

• Metonym

• Oxymoron

• Paradox