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He posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is.
What is irony.
100
The rustling leaves kept me awake.
What is onomatopoeia.
100
The Pentagon will be revealing the decision later on in the morning.
What is metonymy.
100
It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
What is hyperbole.
100
"Feather Of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!" - Romeo and Juliet
What is oxymoron
200
This assignment was a breeze.
What is metaphor.
200
Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
What is alliteration.
200
As black as coal.
What is simile.
200
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
What is antithesis.
200
"We teachers are rather good at magic, you know." - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
What is understatement.
300
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
What is assonance.
300
People don't fart, they 'pass wind'.
What is euphemism.
300
My car is a million years old.
What is hyperbole.
300
She's not the brightest girl in the class.
What is litotes.
300
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right..." - Abraham Lincoln
What is anaphora.
400
A pyrotechnician should know how fireworks.
What is a pun.
400
If I had some wheels I would put on a new thread and ask for Jenny's hand in marriage.
What is synecdoche.
400
Your enemy's friend is your enemy.
What is paradox.
400
Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.
What is chiasmus.
400
"Shall I Compare Thee to a summer's Day". - William Shakespeare
What is metaphor.
500
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
What is personification.
500
The biggest dog in the world is named "Tiny".
What is irony.
500
Why do we still have troops in Germany? To keep the Russians in Czech.
What is pun.
500
Let me give you a hand.
What is metonymy.
500
"O God, God" - William Shakespeare
What is apostrophe.