<span>The central message of the poem, then, is quite a simple one, but it is dressed up in the memorable guise of a vivid supernatural tale which has helped to ensure its popularity to this day. Its a</span><span> moral message, warning against thoughtless and foolhardy actions such as the one the Mariner performs in shooting the albatross. The albatross had done the Mariner no harm at all; in fact it seems it had helped to guide his ship, so that his wanton killing of it appears even more inexcusable.</span>
1. figurative language is what a simile, metaphor, and everything else is
2. no clue
3. comparing two things without the use of the world “like”
4. comparing things by using the word “like”
5. giving human traits to an object
6. exaggeration
7. the opposite of an exaggeration
8. I forgot
9. comparing two or more things for clarification
10. something unexpected like “the fire station burned down”
