CW-Self Check

The ground rumbled under my feet.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

The earth waited for the perfect time to exact its vengeance.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

People started running like ants.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

We were chickens with our head cut-off.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

The crown sent the message out to the entire kingdom.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Understatement

• Oxymoron

As soon as he saw her, the prince asked for her hand.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Apostrophe

• Paradox

Kyle cried about it for hours but he said he did not care at all.

• Apostrophe

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Synecdoche

Paul said the ideas presented to him blew his mind.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Apostrophe

• Understatement

It's those we hate the most that need love the most.

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Irony

Telling a rude costumer to "have a good day."

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Irony

• Oxymoron