Figurative language refers to the use of words in a way that deviates from traditional meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison. It uses an ordinary sentence to refer to something without directly stating it.
Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Example: Three grey geese in a field grazing. Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.
Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Example: The bridge collapsed creating a tremendous boom.
Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Example: He's running faster than the wind.
Answer:
rock and soil to slowly be gained
Explanation:
I had a test question like this and got it right.
Answer:
We should not be so desperate to achieve our aims that we follow the wrong route.
Explanation:
Ernie is a character in the story who wanted to be a successful reporter. In his quest to write the big stories, he flouted the requirement of transparency and honesty in reporting. When John Vollmer a soldier drowned in the river, Ernie disguised himself to obtain information about him from his parents. He was not transparent in his investigation.
A guilty conscience would later make him to stealthily return the photo he collected from the parents of the deceased and run away. His desperation made him not to follow the right guidelines in reporting and the consequence of that was a bad conscience.
it should be every citizen´s moral duty to defend their country,therefore <em>strengthening their citizenship</em> ties. All citizens,men and women should have the right to fight for their homeland <em>encouraging fairness</em>,and finally mandatory service would <em>unite the country</em> against whatever threat.
The correct answer is:
(D) All of the above.
A simile. A simile compares two things using the words as, like, etc.
