Idiom, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, pun, understatement, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, idiom
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- Q1What literary device is being used in the phrase 'as busy as a bee'?personificationmetaphoridiomsimile30s
- Q2What literary device is being used in the phrase 'time flies'?simileidiommetaphorpersonification30s
- Q3What literary device is being used in the phrase 'the thunder clapped angrily'?metaphorpersonificationsimilehyperbole30s
- Q4What literary device is being used in the phrase 'laughter is the best medicine'?personificationidiomsimilemetaphor30s
- Q5What literary device is being used in the phrase 'she cried a river'?personificationhyperbolemetaphorsimile30s
- Q6What literary device is being used in the phrase 'the early bird catches the worm'?personificationsimilemetaphoridiom30s
- Q7What literary device is being used in the phrase 'silence is golden'?metaphoridiompersonificationsimile30s
- Q8What literary device is being used in the phrase 'the thunderous applause'?idiompersonificationoxymoronsimile30s
- Q9What literary device is being used in the phrase 'buzzing like a bee'?personificationsimileidiommetaphor30s
- Q10What literary device is being used in the phrase 'the silence screamed'?hyperbolemetaphorpersonificationsimile30s