Pick out the literary devices from the following sentences. Indicate what type they are
(simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, euphemism and metonymy): 10
i Blow, blow thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude.
ii I will write a letter to his mother that will open her eyes as wide as a gate.
iii In supporting Mussolini she found she had backed the wrong horse.
iv The catch of herrings lay like a pool of quick-silver.
v The cynical indifference of the sea to the merits of human suffering and courage,
revolted me.
vi Screams of horror rent the very air.
vii He has just completed six months as the guest of The State and is now released.
viii Take out your Shakespeare.
ix Life is the greatest teacher of all.
x Kindly address your remarks to the Chair.
Sure, here are the literary devices in each of the sentences:
i. "Blow, blow thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude."
- Personification: The wind is given human-like qualities by being described as unkind.
ii. "I will write a letter to his mother that will open her eyes as wide as a gate."
- Hyperbole: The exaggeration of "open her eyes as wide as a gate."
iii. "In supporting Mussolini she found she had backed the wrong horse."
- Metaphor: "Backed the wrong horse" is
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