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What is the definition of "figures of speech"?
Figures of speech is a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
Figures of speech consist of conjunctions, adverbs, pronouns, etc.
Figures of speech is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.
Which of the following is examples of figures of speech?
simile, metaphor, personification.
verb, noun, adverb.
pronoun, preposition, interjections.
What is the definition of "euphemism"?
Euphemism compares and contradicts ideas or statements within a sentence.
Euphemism places two seemingly contradictory words next to each other.
Euphemism expresses an unpleasant or uncomfortable situation in a more sensitive, kind and tactful manner.
What is the definition of "onomatopoeia"?
Onomatopoeia is a direct comparison that always contains the words as or like.
Onomatopoeia uses words that imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions. The effect heightens the visual effect.
Onomatopoeia is an over-exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally.
Choose the most correct answer:
The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
simile
metaphor
personification
Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.
oxymoron
apostrophe
personification
Death lays his icy hands on kings.
epigram
onomatopoeia
personification
Many are called, but few are chosen.
antithesis
apostrophe
personification
Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
euphemism
oxymoron
hyperbole
He wanted his friends to realize that life is a journey and not a destination.
metaphor
verbal irony
simile
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
He is as wealthy as Bill Gates.
He is a Bill Gates (they are both rich)
He is a mouse in stature, a lion in strength.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
simile
metaphor
personification
Man proposes, God disposes.
antithesis
hyperbole
oxymoron
O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
metaphor
oxymoron
hyperbole
Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears.
apostrophe
metaphor
hyperbole
