FIGURES OF SPEECH

The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. is an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The camel is the ship of the desert. is an example of?

• Llitotes

• Oxymoron

• Methaphor

• Personification

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning. is an example of

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

• Personification

If the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears. is an example of

• ALLUSION

• APOSTROPHE

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

It appeals to the reader’s sense of sight.

• AUDIO

• OLFACTORY

• SIGHT

• GUSTATORY

You are my sunshine.

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

• PUN

• ALLITERATION

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• ONOMATOPEIA

• OLFACTORY

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• ALLITERATION

• SIMILE

• IRONY

• OLFACTORY

THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME.

• VISUAL

• AUDITORY

• OLFACTORY

• TACTILE

I CAN HEAR HIS WHISPER

• AUDITORY

• TACTILE

• OLFACTORY

• KINESTHETIC