Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Figures of speech
Hi guys, I'm to identify some figures of speech and I'm stuck with a few and I'm not clear if I'm right with some, I'm wondering if anyone can help. Here the ones I'm learning are:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. Onomatopoiea
d. personification
e. alliteration
f. hyperbole
g. euphemism
h. oxymoron
i. assonance
I've asterixed the ones I think is correct
1. it was loud as an engine in the room --- *???
2. the bellows moaning in the wind --- *???
3. Alice (human) stroked her forehead with her tiny paws --- *???
4. Its voice boomed across the room --- *???
5. The noise was hair curling --- *???
6. "Please talk freely" ---"???
7. The weeping wolf ---*alliteration
8. see them off --- *???
9. dead but alive ---*oxymoron
10. a thousand miles ---*hyperbole (I think this is correct because it is an exaggeration to ask a rabbit to run that distance in the jungle)
11. sleeping forest --- *personification
Any English guru can help me!?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. Onomatopoiea
d. personification
e. alliteration
f. hyperbole
g. euphemism
h. oxymoron
i. assonance
I've asterixed the ones I think is correct
1. it was loud as an engine in the room --- *???
2. the bellows moaning in the wind --- *???
3. Alice (human) stroked her forehead with her tiny paws --- *???
4. Its voice boomed across the room --- *???
5. The noise was hair curling --- *???
6. "Please talk freely" ---"???
7. The weeping wolf ---*alliteration
8. see them off --- *???
9. dead but alive ---*oxymoron
10. a thousand miles ---*hyperbole (I think this is correct because it is an exaggeration to ask a rabbit to run that distance in the jungle)
11. sleeping forest --- *personification
Any English guru can help me!?
Top answer
It looks like you're stuck with most of them. Let me give you some hints and you can try again: a. simile-- something is 'like' or 'the same as' something else.
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It looks like you're stuck with most of them. Let me give you some hints and you can try again:
a. simile-- something is 'like' or 'the same as' something else.
b. metaphor-- something 'is; something else
c. onomatopoiea-- the word sounds like the noise.
d. personification - an object seems to act like a human
e. alliteration-- the beginning sounds of several words
a. simile-- something is 'like' or 'the same as' something else.
b. metaphor-- something 'is; something else
c. onomatopoiea-- the word sounds like the noise.
d. personification - an object seems to act like a human
e. alliteration-- the beginning sounds of several words
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Thanks for the reply!
Let's try again...
I think 1 should be a simile.
I think 2 should be personification.
I think 3 should be hyperbole.
Not sure but I think 4 and 5 should be onomatopoiea.
Number 6 is personification?
I don't know what is 8.
Let's try again...
I think 1 should be a simile.
I think 2 should be personification.
I think 3 should be hyperbole.
Not sure but I think 4 and 5 should be onomatopoiea.
Number 6 is personification?
I don't know what is 8.
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I think 1 should be a simile.-- Yes.
I think 2 should be personification.- Yes
I think 3 should be hyperbole.-- No; metaphor (hands = paws)
Not sure but I think 4 and 5 should be onomatopoiea.-- #4 is onomatopoiea; #5 is hyperbole.
Number 6 is personification?-- Assonance: /i:/
I don't know what is 8.-- Nor do I.
I think 2 should be personification.- Yes
I think 3 should be hyperbole.-- No; metaphor (hands = paws)
Not sure but I think 4 and 5 should be onomatopoiea.-- #4 is onomatopoiea; #5 is hyperbole.
Number 6 is personification?-- Assonance: /i:/
I don't know what is 8.-- Nor do I.
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Mister MicawberOK, but I see no rabbit in what you have given us.Cheshire Cat: Oh, by the way, if you'd really like to know, he went that way.
Alice: Who did?
Cheshire Cat: The White Rabbit.
Alice: He did?
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Thank you Mister Micawber for the clarification!
For 6 which you say is assonance, now I can see why because of the long e sound but tricky to pick up if because of that
The sentence for #8 is as follows ...
"May I use your gun?" asked Alex."I'd like to see them off with my bullets."
For 6 which you say is assonance, now I can see why because of the long e sound but tricky to pick up if because of that
The sentence for #8 is as follows ...
"May I use your gun?" asked Alex."I'd like to see them off with my bullets."
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"May I use your gun?" asked Alex."I'd like to see them off with my bullets."-- euphemism.
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