Identify the Figure of Speech: Multiple Choice

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