Figures of Speech

Life is a rollercoaster.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The fire station caught fire.

• Irony

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Drama

Oh, Time, cease your relentless march.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Apostrophe

• Personification

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

The pen is mightier than the sword.

• Metonymy

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

All hands on deck.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synecdoche

• Personification

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.

• Epigram

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allegory

The early bird catches the worm.

What literary device is used in this phrase?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

The silence was deafening.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

John is as brave as a lion.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration