She’s headed to Georgetown University this fall on a full scholarship. Melson has excelled at her homework — but for the past six years, she hasn’t had a home to do that work in. She currently lives in D.C. General Homeless Shelter along with her mother and two brothers. The shelter houses up to 300 adults and 500children and has come under scrutiny for its poor conditions
Personification is the figure of speech which gives life to inanimate objects. Examples of personification are: The flowers are dancing with the breeze. The wind that gives you a cold embrace.
Hyperbole is used to exaggerate things. Metaphor and simile are used to compare two unlike things.
