What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
There he stood, like a great iceberg blocking my path.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 2
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
There he stood, a great iceberg blocking my path.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 3
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
Throughout my life, my brother has always been like that annoying itch beside the shoulder blade, the one you can never quite reach.
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Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 4
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
Let us go then, you and I,
when the evening is spread out against the sky,
like a patient etherized upon a table.
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Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 5
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
We thought we were safe and warm, but a tree branch crashed through the roof.
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Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 6
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear.
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Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Irony
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QUESTION 7
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
The sound of his blows was like an axe striking a rotten log in the distance.
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metaphor
irony
alliteration
onomatopoeia
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QUESTION 8
What is the figure of speech used in this passage?
The fog comes on little cat feet
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metaphor
onomatopoeia
imagery
irony