Answers, Quiz no. 815

Point out the figures of speech in the following sentences:

Options= a. Apostrophe/ b. Metaphor/ c. Personification/ d. Simile/ e. Onomatopoeia / f. Hyperbole/ g. Oxymoron

1. As shines the moon in the clouded sky, she in her poor attire was seen. = Simile

2. A lie has no legs. = Personification

3. As many farewells as there be stars in heaven. = Hyperbole

4. Authority forgets a dying king. = Personification

5. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. = Hyperbole

6. And having nothing he hath all. = Oxymoron

7. And out of joy His heart jumped miles high. = Hyperbole

8. Authority forgets a dying king. = Personification

9. Anxiety is sitting on her face. = Personification

10. Belinda smiled and all the world was gay. = Hyperbole

11. The race-car driver revved his engine. = Onomatopoeia

12. Death lays his icy hands even on kings. = Personification

13. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow. = Simile

14. Expanding like the petals of young flowers I watch the gentle opening of your minds. = Simile

15. Frailty! Thy name is woman. = Apostrophe

16. Time flies when you're having fun. = Personification

17. Her mother too, upon this occasion felt a pleasing distress. = Oxymoron

18. He is the star of the family/ He is the pillar of administration. = Metaphor

19. Hope is the poor man’s bread. = Metaphor

20. He is idly busy nowadays. = Oxymoron

21. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. = Simile

22. I chatter, chatter, as I flow to join the brimming river. = Onomatopoeia

23. I hear lake water lapping. = Onomatopoeia

24. I was known as the wisest fool of Christendom. = Oxymoron

25. Life is a tale told by an idiot. = Metaphor

26. Life is as tedious as a twice told tale. = Simile

27. Life is but a walking shadow. = Personification

28. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. = Personification

29. Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India. = Metaphor

30. Life is bitter sweet. = Oxymoron

31. Life is a dream. = Metaphor

32. Love is the spice of life. = Metaphor

33. Life is like a dream. = Simile

34. Love is blind. = Personification

35. Like a huge python winding round and round. = Simile

36. Look like innocent flower. = Simile

37. Milton ! Thou should be living at this hour. = Apostrophe

38. My love is like a red rose. = Simile

39. My friend is regularly irregular. = Oxymoron

40. She is like a flower. = Simile