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butalik [34]
4 years ago
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Match each element of figurative language with its example. - Symbol - Metaphor - Simile - Hyperbole - Understatement - Allusion

- Irony - Personification - Synecdoche - Metonymy A. "I gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/I crossed it in two hours" B. "Night falls like a wet sponge" C. "The fog comes/on little cat feet" D. "Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink." E. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep" F. "And all the lands belong to the crown." G. "How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express" H. "I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice." I. "The sky is low, the clouds are mean,/A travelling flake of snow/Across a barn or through a rut/Debates if it will go." J. "One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you."
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shusha [124]4 years ago
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Answer:

Correct E. The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep

Incorrect I. The sky is low, the clouds are mean,/A travelling flake of snow/Across a barn or through a rut/Debates if it will go.

Correct J. The fog comes/on little cat feet

Correct J. The fog comes/on little cat feet

Correct C. Night falls like a wet sponge

Correct C. Night falls like a wet sponge

Hyperbole

Correct A. I gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/I crossed it in two hours

Correct A. I gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/I crossed it in two hours

Understatement

Correct F. I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice.

Correct F. I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice.

Allusion

Correct B. How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express

Correct B. How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express

Irony

Correct D. Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink.

Correct D. Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink.

Personification

Correct I. The sky is low, the clouds are mean,/A travelling flake of snow/Across a barn or through a rut/Debates if it will go.

Incorrect G. One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you.

Synecdoche

Correct G. One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you.

Incorrect H. And all the lands belong to the crown.

Metonymy

Correct H. And all the lands belong to the crown.

Incorrect E. The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep

Explanation:

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