Figurative Language Flashcards
1
Q
What prodigal portion have I spent that I should come to such penury?
A
Illusion
2
Q
Get you with him, you old dog.
A
Metaphor
3
Q
You have trained me like a peasant.
A
Simile
4
Q
Which he will put on as us as pigeons feed their young.
A
Simile
5
Q
Nay, I care not for their names. They owe me nothing.
A
Personification
6
Q
I’ll rail against all the first-born of Egypt.
A
Illusion
7
Q
As I do live by food, I met a fool.
A
Simile
8
Q
But that they call “compliment” is like th’ encounter of two dog- apes.
A
Simile
9
Q
I can suck the melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs.
A
Simile
10
Q
For thou thyself hast been a libertine, As sensual as the brutish sting itself;
A
Simile
