Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Figures of Speech, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe as Figure of Speech, Hyperbole, Antithesis, Oxymoron, Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance, Onomatopoeia & Imagery etc.
Important Questions on Figures of Speech
When compared with Simile, metaphor can be expressed as a/an:
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Chaos is a best friend of Love.
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John's suggestion was just a band-aid for the problem.
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The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.
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Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.
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A man leaps out of the road to avoid being hit by a car, only to have a tree branch fall on his head.
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The president is injured when a Secret Service agent knocks him down while protecting him.
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A child runs away from someone throwing a water balloon at him and falls into the pool.
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A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets.
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The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground.
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Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put and end to mankind.
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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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She was a rock star at our last business presentation.
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All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree.
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The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.
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After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.
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The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue.
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Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.
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I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted towards me.
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Casinos are usually so hungry that they eat all our dinner.
