FIGURES OF SPEECH Identify Similes, Metaphors, Personification and Transferred Epithet in the
following sentences:
1. He passed a sleepless night
2. Richard fought like a lion.
3. Richard was a lion in the fight.
4. The plough-man homeward plods his weary way.
5. Death lays his icy hands on kings.
6. The frog began his concert.
7. The poem is as lovely as a tree.
8. The sun is like a ball of fire.
9. The cat's eyes were jewels gleaming in the darkness.
10.The flames ate hungrily at the wood.
11. She has a heart of stone.
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12.Her hair was silk.
13.I saw her with a sad look.
14.The slow hours passed in agony.

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women