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Figures of speech

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  • Q1
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'life is a journey'?
    Irony
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q2
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'He could hear the silence of the room'?
    Oxymoron
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q3
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'She's as pretty as a picture'?
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    30s
  • Q4
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Rhyme
    30s
  • Q5
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'He was the sun in my life'?
    Metaphor
    Idiom
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q6
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    30s
  • Q7
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'The leaves danced in the wind'?
    Personification
    Simile
    Onomatopoeia
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q8
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'He's a real snake in the grass'?
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q9
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'She's got a heart of gold'?
    Hyperbole
    Oxymoron
    Personification
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q10
    What literary device is used in the phrase 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Alliteration
    Hyperbole
    30s

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