It was a day like any other going to school and all that and when the class started there was a surprise there was a new student her name was Emma she was very shy but,she was very good at her studies one day Amy bullied Emma because she was so shy she teased her by snatching her backpack then I tried to stop Amy from bullying Emma I called the teacher miss Smith and she gave Amy detention ,so we became friends from that day
One example of figurative language in the excerpt from Grendel is hyperbole. Hyperbole is when a statement is exaggerated or not meant to be taken literally.
