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I haven't seen Oliver since last week.
We’ve only lived in this house for a few months.
I haven’t put anything on since April 1st. That was my birthday.
We started out revision at 10am and we’ve been studying since then!
My parents have been to lesson for almost two decades.
You’ve been talking on the phone for over an hour.
Dana has loved making jewelry since the day she started.
Alan hasn’t been feeling well since New Year’s Day.
We’ve been been walking around town for hours!
A. Books, because a common noun denotes a class of objects, i.e. books, instead of a particular object or individual.
Figurative language is mostly used to leave a long lasting impression of something. Writers create images using figurative language so as to have us analyze and observe them in more detail. All of this is especially true of poets and poems who use metaphors, personification, and other narrative devices, so as to convey meaning almost all the time.