Figures of Speech

The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Answer explanation

Simile is usually introduced by words such as like, as or so.

The camel is the ship of the desert.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Answer explanation

A metaphor is an implied simile. It does not state that one thing is like another. Rather it takes that as granted and proceeds as if the two were one.

Death lays his icy hands on kings.

• Epigram

• Apostrophe

• Personification

Answer explanation

In personification, inanimate objects and ideas are spoken of as having life and intelligence.

Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears.

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

A hyperbole is statement made emphatic by overstatement.

Man proposes, God disposes.

• Antithesis

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Answer explanation

In antithesis a striking contrast of words or ideas are expressed in the same sentence.

O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Apostrophe

Answer explanation

An apostrophe is a direct address to a personified object or idea.