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Which of these is an example of a metaphor in My Forbidden Face?
A. Latifa releases the canary from the cage. B. Latifa compares
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Mal
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i need one really good and significant simile.
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What literary device is this, "The rotten fruit squashed between my fingers when I squeezed it to hard"?
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Sara
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Hi! Can I get your input on this?
"With skis on poples in hand, Nate inched toward the ski lift. He felthis hands grip the poles
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The Math Whiz
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1. The difference between a metaphor and a simile is that a simile
-uses "like" or "as." **** -compares two things -exaggerates
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Uhh...Madi
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Use the sentence to answer the question.
I knew I was in trouble when my mother said, "I've told you a million times to clean
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Jaylynn
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What would be some good reasons for using figurative language in writing stories?
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Read the following passage and identify at least 3 elements of figurative language; explain how each element brings out the
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mckayla
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Determine which type of figurative language makes a comparison in the following sentences.
My dog desperately needs a bath. He is
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TLCK
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1 "The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright — 5
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Help!
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Create a Metaphor and simile about the panama canal, the perspective of the untied states from panama canal, and from the
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Matt
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What is irony
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Chioma
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what language technique is in brackets:
"he actually watched a bowl of oranges rise unaided off a sideboard, (as if a clever
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While words are busy playing some twisted game?explain a figure of speech in this line
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Tshepo
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A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as is
alliteration hyperbole a metaphor a simile
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Joanie
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Identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet).
Friar Lawrence:
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Identify the type of figurative language in the sentences below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet).
Paris: “Poor
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Analyzing Literary Text Unit Test
8 of 168 of 16 Items Question Use the excerpt from the poem "Late September" by Amy Lowell to
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donald duck
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Which sentence contains an example of verbal irony?
”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said
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him
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Use the excerpt from the poem "Late September" by Amy Lowell to answer the question.
Beech trees in a golden haze; Hardy sumachs
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boom boom
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When Capulet says " Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field." what figurative
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Questions man
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33. If you wished to make an explicit comparison of two dissimilar things without using like or as, you would use a (1 point)
sim
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only fanszzzzzzzzzz
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15. Why might an author use a metaphor to enhance the meaning of fiction or poetry? (1 point)
to create an image in readers’
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deana
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1. An epic simile can be defined as (1 point)
a comparison that describes the epic hero. an extended comparison that uses like or
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i need help
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How do the underlined words affect the meaning of the excerpt?
A. They suggest that the children will prefer the new pear tree to
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h noon
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Which choice describes an allusion?(1 point)
Responses a figure of speech a figure of speech an interpretation an interpretation
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addreian
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What is alliteration? Why do writers use it?.
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stan enhypen
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Read lines 9 and 10 from “This Life.”
She was always talking around corners like that; Which of the following is highlighted
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As a result, everyone was in a hurry to find her a house of some sort. A bungalow, a duplex, a brownstone, an apartment.
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Use the excerpt from the poem "Late September" by Amy Lowell to answer the question.
Beech trees in a golden haze; Hardy sumachs
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un
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Why do authors use figurative language?(1 point)
Responses to provide concrete understanding of ideas in a text to provide
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un
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A metaphor is __________. Although not explicitly stated, I can infer that the author is comparing ________. So this metaphor
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naRHEHEHEAE
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Which phrase best defines an epic simile?
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hello
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What type of figurative language is "We were our own little meadow orchestra?"
This is from the book Zinnia and the Bees. I know,
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HELP!!
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“Forlorn! The very word is like a bell/To toll me back from thee to my sole self!” This excerpt from John Keats’s “Ode
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melody
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This morning while I was running, shoes smacking the pavement, Venus bright above the spine of the Bear Mountains, and my
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2phoneeeeee
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A _________ compares two things using "like" or "as".
Choose the best answer from the options below: A metaphor B simile C theme
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The phrase "his skin swallowed the sunlight" implies that this individual is so dark that they literally absorb
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Read the following sentence from “No Dogs Bark.” Which literary element does author Juan Rulfo employ?
"The moon came out of
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Select the correct text in the passage.
Which two sentences in this passage include a simile? Jerome was leaving his house when
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John B
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Which term describes the comparison of two things that are not alike in an obvious way?(1 point)
Responses descriptive
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ratty fatty
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Which of these is an example of a metaphor in My Forbidden Face?
A. Latifa releases the canary from the cage. B. Latifa compares
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9th grader
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GRABBING THE BULL BY THE HORNS
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. This expression
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ray
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Read each example and identify it as personification, a simile, or a metaphor.
Around this pleasant round face, her hair -- as
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people
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Poem:
from "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll 1 The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did
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Lemon
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How do analogies help readers?(1 point)
Responses They help readers identify figurative language. They help readers identify
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gurlie
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Use the sentences to answer the question.
Timothy ran inside and slammed the door behind him. He held an umbrella, but his
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Jarmen Shorter Jr.
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"bundle of services "is example of what literary device
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ann
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How would you use personification to describe a school bus
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Kelley
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Figurative language is a language that(1 point)
A. is made up of words that contradict each other. B.goes beyond the words’
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pellowlemon
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