FSPS

Which figure of speech is used in this text?

Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa.

—Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

• simile

• pun

• metaphor

• idiom

After Emilia cooked and served a scrumptious dinner, Dad boasted that she is the Julia Child of our family.

• allusion

• pun

During much of the twentieth century, artistic types were a dime a dozen in Greenwich Village.

• Personification

• idiom

Which figure of speech is used in this text?

"There's nothing I love more than skipping lunch," Mr. Sullivan told the flight attendant when he learned that no food would be available on his cross-country flight.

• Verbal Irony

• pun

• simile

The hum of the computer concerned Emir. Was the problem with the power supply or the hard drive?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

When you and I were young, we knew

To shout and laugh, to work and play,

And night was partner to the day

In all our joys. So swift time flew.

Who knew
Identify the Rhyme scheme

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AABB

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You have no clue

Little Sue

Identify the rhyme scheme

• ABBA

• ABBB

• ACAB

? is a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas. It helps readers relate to non-human things by making them seem more lifelike.

• Pun

• Personification

• Similes

• Metaphors

The dog cried her eyes out to her friend.

• Pun

• Personifcation

• Similes

Identify the prepositional phrase and the object.

The cat is under the desk.

• Cat=P

  Desk=O

• Under=P

  Desk=O