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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGEPRACTICE
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R E A D T H E F O L L O W I N G Q U O T E S A N D I D E N T I F Y W H AT T Y P E O F F I G U R AT I V E
L A N G UA G E I S B E I N G U S E D
1. “Behind the trees clouds scudded frantically across the sky. Every few moments the moon ripped through
them creating wraithlike shadows that raced along the ground”
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PERSONIFICATION
wraithlike shadows that raced along the ground
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2. “outrageous plainness”
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OXYMORON
Outrageous plainness
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3. “Like sometimes if I concentrate very hard I can understand the wind talking with the trees”
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PERSONIFICATION
the wind talking with the trees
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4. “and the door swung slowly outward, creaking on rusty hinges. Up in one of the elms an old black crow gave its raucous cry, and a woodpecker went into a wild rat-a-tat-tat. Large gray rat scuttled around the corner of the house and Meg let out a stifled shriek.”
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ONOMATAPOEIA
rat-a-tat-tat
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5. “Silence fell between them as tangible as the dark tree shadows that fell across their laps and now seemed to rest upon
them as heavily as though they possessed a measurable weight of their own.”
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SIMILE
as tangible as the dark tree shadows that fell across their laps
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6. “clear as mud”
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OXYMORON AND SIMILE
“clear as mud”
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7. “it was as though the dark shadow had somehow reached out with its dark power and touched them so that they
were incapable of speech.”
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PERSONIFICATION
the dark shadow had somehow reached out with its dark power and
touched them
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8. “It reminded Meg of the Cheshire Cat.”
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ALLUSION
Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)
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9. “kind of darkness … that wanted to eat her…”
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PERSONIFICATION
Darkness wanted to eat her
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10. “Was it his words that were ice , or her ears?”
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METAPHOR
Words were ice
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11. “The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with
steady radiance …”
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SIMILE
Purred like a great sleepy animal
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12. “The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern, were
drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room.”
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PERSONIFICATION
curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern, were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness
throughout the room
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13. “ One white faced man in a dark suit looked directly at the children, said, “Oh
dear, I shall be late,” and flickered into the building.
“He’s like the white rabbit,” Meg giggled nervously.
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ALLUSION AND SIMILE
He’s like the white rabbit,” Meg giggled nervously
(Alice in Wonderland)
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2 POSSIBLE ANSWERS
14. “She sighed and stretched … her body was bathed in waves of warmth.”
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ALLITERATION AND METAPHOR
She sighed and stretched
waves of warmth