Figures of Speech
English Language
Figures of Speech starts at 6 and continues till grade 12.
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Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: 'He is as brave as a lion.'
Identify the figure of speech: 'I am so hungry I could eat a horse.'
Identify the figure of speech: 'The alarm clock yells at me every morning.'
Identify the figure of speech: 'The silence was so deep you could hear a pin drop.'
What is the figure of speech in the phrase: 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?
What is the figure of speech in the sentence: 'He was drowning in a sea of grief.'
What is the figure of speech in the sentence: 'Her voice is music to my ears.'
What is the figure of speech in the sentence: 'The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.'
What is the figure of speech in the sentence: 'Time is a thief.'
Which figure of speech is present in the phrase: 'jumbo shrimp'?
Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: 'as busy as a bee'?
Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: 'as cold as ice'?
Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: 'as light as a feather'?
Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: 'the sweet smell of success'?
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'He ran faster than the wind.'
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'She cried a river of tears.'
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The car complained as the key was turned.'
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The thunder grumbled like an old man.'
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
