Figures of Speech

Practice Assignment (Not to be submitted)

Exercise:
Q) Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences:
1. Is life worth living? It depends on the liver.
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2. I have a headache which is splitting my head into pieces.

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3. The performers spoke to the spot boys, cameramen, actors and the director.
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4. The orphan child looked at me with sad eyes.

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5. The man picked up his laptop, his files, his car keys and also the photo frame before
he left for the meeting.
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6. I am reading a book on mazes, I got lost in it.

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7. The trees scream in the raging wind.

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8. Poor girl, she is trying to solve a million issues in a day.

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9. Joan was very nervous; she said that she had butterflies in her stomach.
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10.Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
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11.Let a man acknowledge his duty towards his family, his society, his country and his
God.
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12.Pinky rubs everything till it shines, like her honest forehead.

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13.An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.

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14.Water plops into a pond, splish-splash downhill.

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15. And as I'm sinking, the last thing that I think is, did I pay my rent?
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16.He sways his head from side to side with movements like a snake.
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17. Death lays its icy hands on kings.

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18. She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
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19. Blind justice was not on his side.

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20. Please do not beep your horn after dark.

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