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Figurative Language -1

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  • Q1
    Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed
    personification
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
    45s
  • Q2
    Drip-hiss-drip- hist fall the raindrops/ on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. Drip- hiss- the rain never stops
    hyperbole
    personification
    metaphor
    pun
    45s
  • Q3
    When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    personification
    simile
    45s
  • Q4
    The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
    personification
    45s
  • Q5
    I do not care to talk to you although/ Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies
    pun
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    onomatopoeia
    45s
  • Q6
    The sun was shining on the sea/ Shining with all of its might:
    personification
    allusion
    hyperbole
    onmatopoeia
    45s
  • Q7
    The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river
    simile
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    personification
    45s
  • Q8
    The old clock down in the parlor/ Like a sleepless mourner grieves,
    allegory
    personification
    similie
    onomatopoeia
    45s
  • Q9
    By lakes that thus outspread/ Their sad waters, sad and chilly
    allegory
    personification
    metaphor
    idiom
    45s
  • Q10
    Fame is a bee/ It has a song--/It has a sting
    mood
    allusion
    onomatopeoia
    metaphor
    45s

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