- Page 48. PERSONIFICATION " Valleys have ears". Of course, valleys don't have ears but it is implied that what is said could be listened by elves.
- Page 68. METAPHORE " Pale lamp-like eyes". Is is comparing Gollum's eyes. They were not clear, they were so pale that they resembled the light from a lamp.
- Page 212. SIMILE "It was like water in the sun, like snow under the stars..." They were refering to a stone, a white gem, that it was really beautiful.
- Chapter 9. HYPERBOLE "Eyes as big as saucers". It is considered an exageration.
The hobbit is full of figurative language. here, there is an example of each
the knight, the squire, and the yeoman
Answer:
Good for you but I wouldn't have risked it
Answer:he is shot by a boy
Explanation: “as a boy—that’s all he was—
backs from the corner package store
shooting a pistol, firing it,
once, at the dumbfounded man
who falls forward,”
