Part II: Figurative Language
A. "The streets were a furnace, the sun an
27. Euphemism
28. Irony
29. Idiom
30. Cliché
31. Pun
32. Allusion
33. Simile
34. Metaphor
35. Personification
36. Hyperbole
37. Apostrophe
38. Oxymoron
39. Imagery
40. Paradox
41. Synecdoche
42. Metonymy
43. Understatement
executioner."
B. I have the patience of Job.
C. He is a white-collar criminal.
D. Detroit is still hard at work on an SUV.
E. An idle mind is the devil's playground.
F. "The pond" as a name for the Atlantic
G. High Point, unite!
H. At this game, I am an advanced beginner.
I. There is a rat infestation at the Sanitation Department.
J. "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"
K. "The air smelled sharp as new-cut wood'
L. mobile home; full figured
M. Let's play it by ear.
N. He wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger, and then it hit him.
