Answer:
<em>1.metonymy</em>
<em>2. Hyperbole</em>
<em>3. Simile</em>
Explanation:
1. The bread of the land-metonymy
2. My tears have washed away the earth- Hyperbole.
3. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?- Simile.
metonymy: Is the replacement of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
An hyperbole is simply a figure of speech that has to do with exaggeration on what is seemingly impossible to be done or occur eg. i am so hungry that in can eat a horse, i have a million things to do today
Simile has to do with comparison of one thing with another that are different. example:
as fast as a dare
As wise as Solomon
A true most of the time they walked but some rode horses <span />
