Etymology is the study of the history and origin of words
Well what do you mean haha
“Is” would be the correct answer:)
1. . METAPHOR- "Richard DRUMMED his fingers on the arm of the chair waiting for his name to be called."
2. PERSONIFICATION -“Richard drummed his fingers on the ARM OF THE CHAIR waiting for his name to be called."
3. ONOMATOPOEIA-“The WHIRRING of the drills increased his anxiety, but he held his head high with a sort of cowardly courage."
4. ALLITERATION- "The whirring of the drills increased his anxiety, but HE HELD HIS HEAD HIGH with a sort of cowardly courage."
5. OXYMORON- "The whirring of the drills increased his anxiety, but he held his head high with a sort of COWARDLY COURAGE”
6. SIMILE- “RICHARD BRUSHED AND FLOSSED HIS TEETH LIKE A CLOCKWORK to avoid the wrath of the dentist’s tools, so the news that he had four cavities certainly took him by surprise."
7. PERSONIFICATION -"Richard brushed and flossed his teeth like clockwork to avoid THE WRATH of the dentist’s tools, so the news that he had four cavities certainly took him by surprise."
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I would imagine this is the hyperbole.
"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world."
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