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Identify what kind of figure of speech what being
described in each sentence. Write your answers on the
Blanks.
1. If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing.
2. When I was young, I had to walk 15 miles to
school, uphill, in the snow.
3. They wore jeans, which made me stand out like as ore thumb.
4. Oh Rizal ! What happen to your country?
5. The wildfire ran through the forest at an
amazing speed.
6. Two people want a divorce, but during the
proceedings they discover they still love each
other and get back together.
7. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
shilly-shallied south.
8. The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across
the desert.
9. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
10. Oh Nature, Thou art my goddess."
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. "I know that I know nothing" is a saying derived from Plato's account of the Greek philosopher Socrates. It is also called the Socratic paradox. The phrase is not one that Socrates himself is ever recorded as saying
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3.If someone or something stands/sticks out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they are very different from the people or things around them: Everyone else was in jeans and
T-shirts and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.
4.?
5.?
6.simple.. don't break up if u still love each other unless you want to regret it later.
7.?
8.Methaphor or may be personification
9.?
10.personification