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katovenus [111]
3 years ago
10

Match each type of figurative language to its definition.

English
2 answers:
nydimaria [60]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Personification: (B)

Allusion: (D)

Symbol: (E)

Simile: (A)

Irony: (C)

Personification: A figure of speech in which non living things or nonhuman things are given human characteristics or abilities. EX:The wind howled in the night

Allusion: A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature EX: You're acting like such a Scrooge! from Dickens's A Christmas Carol

Symbol: Something in literature that stands for or represents something else

EX: White stands for purity and life

Simile: A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"

EX: Tanya was as tall as a giraffe. Both kids fought like cats and dogs.

Irony: A figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning EX: Character stepping out into a hurricane says “What nice weather we're having!”

Explanation:

Bond [772]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Personification: B

Allusion: D

Irony: C

Simile: A

Symbol: E

Explanation:

Personification: A figure of speech in which nonliving or nonhuman things are given human characteristics or abilities

Allusion: A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature

Irony: A figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning

Simile: A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"

Symbol: Something in literature that stands for or represents something else

Hope I helped!

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