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1. What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like a racehorse.”

2. A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the sentence “I was not unhappy with the outcome” is called what?

3. When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?

4. What figure of speech is contained in this phrase from the Flanders & Swann song “Have Some Madeira, M’Dear”: “And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps”?

5. What is the device exemplified by Eliza Doolittle’s use of the word “abso-bloomin’-lutely”?

6. Which of these pairs is not a pair of opposites?

7. What literary device does the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “Do I love you because you’re beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?” illustrate?