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.
2. A lie has no legs.
3. As many farewells as there be stars in heaven.
4. Authority forgets a dying king.
5. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
6. And having nothing he hath all.
7. And out of joy His heart jumped miles high.
8. Authority forgets a dying king.
9. Anxiety is sitting on her face.
10. Belinda smiled and all the world was gay.
11. The race-car driver revved his engine.
12. Death lays his icy hands even on kings.
13. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow.
14. Expanding like the petals of young flowers I watch the gentle opening of your minds.
15. Frailty! Thy name is woman.
16. Time flies when you're having fun.
17. Her mother too, upon this occasion felt a pleasing distress.
18. He is the star of the family. / He is the pillar of administration.
19. Hope is the poor man’s bread.
20. He is idly busy nowadays.
21. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
22. I chatter, chatter, as I flow to join the brimming river.
23. I hear lake water lapping.
24. I was known as the wisest fool of Christendom.
25. Life is a tale told by an idiot.
26. Life is as tedious as a twice told tale.
27. Life is but a walking shadow.
28. Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
29. Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India.
30. Life is bitter sweet.
31. Life is a dream.
32. Love is the spice of life.
33. Life is like a dream.
34. Love is blind.
35. Like a huge python winding round and round.
36. Look like innocent flower.
37. Milton ! Thou should be living at this hour.
38. My love is like a red rose.
39. My friend is regularly irregular.
40. She is like a flower.
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