2. Which figures of speech are used for the following examples?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Dickens) - Antithesis

"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the war room!" – Irony

That last slice of pizza was calling my name. – Personification

All hands on deck! - Synecdoche

Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship. - Simile

“Did you take the whole house with you? This suitcase weighs a ton.” – Hyperbole

She was beginning to suspect that life was a grotesque circus act. - Metaphor

Has he always been so passive aggressive? – Oxymoron

He drank the whole bottle. - Synecdoche

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. - Personification

Give us this day our daily bread. - Metonymy

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. – Chiasmus

Love is a battlefield. – Metaphor

It’s not bad at all. – Litotes

It is never too late but it is never too soon. – Oxymoron

Our teacher is as old as time. – Simile

The animal rights activist had a lovely leather coat. - Irony

The pen is mightier than the sword. – Metaphor

By forcing me to enter a profession that is against everything I represent, you’ve

condemned me to a living death. - Antithesis

Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure. (Byron) - Antimetabole

The typical teenager’s room is a disaster area. - Metaphor

He manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces. - Simile

She’s not that easy to talk to. – Litotes

So many places, so little time. - Anaphora

Our sleeping schedule is a bit problematic, because she’s a night owl and I’m a lark.
– Antithesis

Americans fought a revolution against the British crown. - Irony