Bulwer-Lytton writes, "The pen is mightier than the sword." Which trope names the substitution?

In Julius Caesar, Antony asks the crowd to "lend me your ears." Which trope does the phrase use?

Patrick Henry says, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience." Which trope names the figure?

King says America gave Black Americans "a bad check" marked "insufficient funds." Which trope names that figure?

Churchill says "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Which trope names the substitution?

Kennedy says "the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans." Which trope names the figure?

Lincoln's line "A house divided against itself cannot stand" describes the nation as a structure. Which trope names that move?

King repeats, "Let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire." Which trope names the figure?

Macbeth says, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me." Which trope names the figure?

Shelley's "Ozymandias" refers to "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed." Which trope is at work?

What does King's "bad check" figure accomplish in the March on Washington speech?

What argumentative work does "The pen is mightier than the sword" do?

In Churchill's "iron curtain" figure, what does the substitution buy the argument?

Why does Henry's "lamp of experience" strengthen his appeal for action?

Paine's "summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" will "shrink" in crisis. What does the figure accomplish?

What does Kennedy's "torch" metaphor emphasize about the new generation?

What does Lincoln's "house divided" figure make the audience feel about sectional conflict?

A report says, "The White House denied the story" and later, "the factory needs more hands." Which labels the figures correctly?

A column says, "New wheels filled the driveway" and "City Hall raised the fee." Which label fits?

A legal update says, "The bench rebuked counsel" and "hungry mouths waited outside." Which distinction is correct?

A dispatch says, "Tired legs crossed the border at dawn" and "Downing Street issued a denial." Which labels the two figures?

A paragraph says, "Every head turned" and "the Crown answered slowly." Which labels the substitutions correctly?

In King's "Let freedom ring," what does the figure give freedom?

When Macbeth says chance may "crown" him, what does personification grant chance?

A writer says, "History will interrogate our silence." What does personification grant history?

A columnist writes, "The market panicked before the facts arrived." What does the personification do?

A writer argues the council ignores poor wards. Which figure carries the argument rather than decorating it?

A school board praises student voice but schedules comments after buses leave. Which figure does real argumentative work?

A university claims affordability while adding mandatory fees. Which figure best advances the critique?

A writer argues factories externalize cleanup costs. Which figure carries that argument?