Identify the Figure of Speech

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• 01·Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."
• 02·Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: "He is as strong as an ox."
• 03·The statement "I've told you a million times to clean your room!" is an example of what?
• 04·What figure of speech is present in the sentence: "Her voice is music to his ears."
• 05·The phrase "jumbo shrimp" is a classic example of which figure of speech?
• 06·Identify the dominant sound device in the tongue twister: "She sells seashells by the seashore."
• 07·A fire station burning down is an example of which literary device?
• 08·Which figure of speech is defined by a word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes, such as "buzz" or "murmur"?
• 09·The statement "This is the beginning of the end" is an example of what?
• 10·In the phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword," "pen" and "sword" are used as examples of what?
• 11·Using a milder or indirect word or expression in place of one considered too harsh or blunt, such as "passed away" for "died," is known as what?
• 12·What is the term for the repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words, such as in "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain"?