1. The leader made a fiery speech. 31. Death lays his icy hands on kings.

2. At last, they agreed to disagree. 32. The daisy smiled at the morning sun.
3. Even the sky shed tears when Gandhi died. 33. O, Julius Caesar! Thou art mighty yet.
4. He is the vulture of the state. 34. world! Oh, Life! O Time! On Whose last steps I climb.
5. A cry that would raise the dead from the grave. 35. Why, man, if the river were dry I am able to fill it with tears.
6. Idleness is the nursery of evil thoughts. 36. James, I was the wisest fool.
7. Words are easy like the wind. 37. But patient, to prevent That murmur, soon replies
8. Infancy is the beginning of life as dawn is the beginning of the day. 38. I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore.
9. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. 39. So like a shattered column lay the king?
10. His rash policy let lose the dogs of war. 40. I wandered lonely as a cloud.
11. A lie has no legs. 41. The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
12. Thus Nature spake – the work was done – How soon my Lucy’s race42. wasIt run!
droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
13. O, Captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done. 43. We are all like swimmers on the sea of life.
14. And beauty born of murmuring sound. Shall pass into her face. 44. I see a lily on thy brow.
15. Her mother, too, upon this occasion felt pleasing distress. 45. He is the pillar of the state.
16. Whose armor is his honest thought? 46. Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
17. Whose conscience is his strong retreat? 47. It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech, That haply to the unknown la
18. The wind lies in the arms of the dawn. 48. mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?
19. Our echoes roll from soul to soul. 49. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
20. Death in his palace holds his court-His messengers move to and fro. 50. And out of joy, His heart jumped miles high.
21. Peace hath her victories-No less renowned the war. 51. The camel is the ship of the desert.
22. Cowardly brave-Yes that describes him, Because he fights only when52. heAuthority
cannot run forgets a dying king.
away. 53. Experience is the best teacher.
23. Wild West wind, thou breath of autumn’s being. 54. He is regularly irregular.
24. Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour. 55. I heard the water lapping on the crag.
25. They build the nation’s pillars deep – And lift them to the sky. 56. She is as firm as a rock.
26. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts. 57. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow.
27. As shines the moon in clouded skies. She in her poor attire was seen.58. Life is but a walking shadow.
28. The city’s voice itself is soft like solitude’s. 59. He is the pillar of the administration.
29. Hope is the poor man’s bread. 60. Love is blind.
30. We are the voices of the wandering wind.
1. Metaphor 21. Personification 41. Onomatopoeia
2. Oxymoron 22. Oxymoron 42. Simile
3. Hyperbole 23. Personification 43. Simile
4. Metaphor 24. Apostrophe 44. Metaphor
5. Hyperbole 25. Hyperbole 45. Metaphor
6. Metaphor 26. Oxymoron 46. Personification
7. Simile 27. Simile 47. Personification
8. Simile 28. Simile 48. Apostrophe
9. Onomatopoeia 29. Metaphor 49. Hyperbole
10. Metaphor 30. Metaphor 50. Hyperbole
11. Personification 31. Personification 51. Metaphor
12. Personification 32. Personification 52. Personification
13. Apostrophe 33. Apostrophe 53. Personification
14. Onomatopoeia 34. Apostrophe 54. Oxymoron
15. Oxymoron 35. Hyperbole 55. Onomatopoeia
16. Metaphor 36. Oxymoron 56. Simile
17. Metaphor 37. Onomatopoeia 57. Simile
18. Personification 38. Onomatopoeia 58. Metaphor
19. Onomatopoeia 39. Simile 59. Metaphor
20. Personification 40. Simile 60. Personification
Upon explanation, the concept was as clear as crystal to
Identify the Figure of Speech Rahul. – Simile
Read the following sentences and identify the figure of speech used. The soldier jumped on the enemies like a hungry lion.
1. The thief was as sly as a fox. – Simile
2. Upon explanation, the concept was as clear as crystal to Rahul. The camel is the ship of the desert. – Metaphor
3. The soldier jumped on the enemies like a hungry lion. The dentist had a severe toothache. – Irony
4. The camel is the ship of the desert. Mr Sharma thought the sweets were calling him.
5. The dentist had a severe toothache. – Personification
6. Mr Sharma thought the sweets were calling him. It seemed that the sky was going to cry the entire night.
7. It seemed that the sky was going to cry the entire night. – Personification
8. I would forgive you when pigs can fly. I would forgive you when pigs can fly. – Hyperbole
9. Man proposes God disposes. Man proposes God disposes. – Antithesis
10. What a piece of work is, man! What a piece of work is, man! – Exclamation
11. Death touched Miss David with its icy fingers. Death touched Miss David with its icy fingers.
12. Sheldon is a walking dictionary. – Personification
13. The sausages tasted awfully good. Sheldon is a walking dictionary. – Metaphor
14. Sheena was as proud as a peacock. The sausages tasted awfully good. – Oxymoron
15. It has been raining cats and dogs for hours. Sheena was as proud as a peacock. – Simile
Answers – It has been raining cats and dogs for hours. – Metaphor
The thief was as sly as a fox. – Simile