Name the figure of speech in this line.
"A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat."

SimileCorrect answerYour answerAlliterationCorrect answerYour answerOnomatopoeiaCorrect answerYour answerPunCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

"Hard to beat" means very good, but eggs are also boiled hard and beaten in cooking. Playing on two meanings at once is a pun.

Worth noting

No nearby words begin with the same sound, so it is not alliteration.

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Name the figure of speech in this line."A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat."