Figures of Speech

1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. Is an Example of ?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

3. The camel is the ship of the desert.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

4. Variety is the spice of life.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.

• Oxymoron

• Apostrophe

• Personification

6. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Apostrophe

7. Death lays his icy hands on kings.

• Epigram

• Apostrophe

• Personification

8. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears.

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

9. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

10. Man proposes, God disposes.

• Antithesis

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron