Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence.
1. She cried a river of tears.
2. When I was a child I used to watch Dennis the Menace.
3. What is the use of running when we are not on the right road? 4. My hair is as black as the night.
5. As I grow old, my character lines are showing up.
6. The heavens smiled on us today.
7. The Big Man Upstairs hears and listens to your prayers.
8. There is death in the cup.
9. His mind is a computer that can store a lot of information.
10. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
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Answer:
1. Hyperbole
2. Epithet
3. Rhetorical Question
4. Simile
5. Euphemism
6. Personification
7. Periphrasis
8. Metonymy
9. Metaphor
10.Oxymoron
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