Vocabulary Warm-up – Part 32

.Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences

.N1. The mountains sing together, the hills rejoice and clap hands
A. Antithesis
B. Personification
C. Metaphor

.N2. Many are called, but few are chosen
A. Antithesis
B. Euphemism
C. Personification

.N3. Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever
A. Oxymoron
B. Personification
C. Antithesis

.N4. The child is the father of man
A. Epigram
B. Oxymoron
C. Simile

: ANSWERS

(N1. he mountains sing together, the hills rejoice and clap hands. (Personification
(N2. Many are called, but few are chosen. (Antithesis
(N3. Men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever. (Antithesis
(N4. The child is the father of man. (Epigram