1. “ Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon (O.W.)." is an example of

*antonomasia

*zeugma

*pun

*Epithet

2. “"Eliza: you are an idiot, waste the treasures of my Miltonic mind by spreading them before you (B.SH.).” is an example of

*oxymoron

*epithet

*simile

*Allusion

3. “He loved the afterswim salt-and-sunshine smell of her hair. (Jn.B.)” is an example of

*epithet

*metonymy

*metaphor

*Onomatopoeia

4. “He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-nosed peacock (D.)" is an example of

*zeugma

*epithet

*metaphor

*Metonymy

5. “Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old (Sc.F.)” is an example of

*hyperbole

*epithet

*simile

*Metaphor

6. “I am thinking an unmentionable thing about your mother. (I.Sh.)” is an example of

*zeugma

*periphrasis

*graphon

*Anaphora

7. “I do not consult physicians, for I hope to die without their help. (W.T.)” is an example of

*inversion

*repetition

*pun

* Irony

8. “Mr. Stiggins… took his hat and his leave” is the example of

*pun

*metaphor

*zeugma

*Antonomasia

9. “Of course it is important. Incredibly, urgently, desperately important (D.Sayers).” is an example of

*chiasmus

*detachment

*parallel constructions

*climax

10. “She was crazy about you. In the beginning. (R. W.) ” is an example of

*inversion

* detachment

*parallel constructions

*chiasmus

11. “Some people have much to live on, and little to live for (O.Wilde).” is an example of

*litotes

*metonymy

* antithesis

*Understatement

12. “Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach (I.Sh).” is an example of:

*onomatopoeia

*metaphor

*assonance

*Alliteration

13. “The girls were dressed to kill (J.Br.)" is an example of

*irony

*epithet

*simile

* Hyperbole

14. “There comes a period in every man's life, but she is just a semicolon in his.” is an example of

*metonymy

*onomatopoeia

*metaphor

*Pun