- 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
They are called homonyms.
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False, many good arguments are very controversial.
If you justify an act of violence by saying that you are in a fight and are therefore fighting back, the justification is a bad one if you are not entitled to take yourself to be in a fight. Fighting back is justified relative to a practice of being in a fight, but is only absolutely justified if that practice is.