Figurative Language & Whitman

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Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

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metaphor

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The snowflakes sparkled like tiny diamonds. This is an example of...

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simile

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Why I nodded nearly napping, there suddenly came a tapping. This sentence is an example of...

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alliteration

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You could have knocked me over with a feather. This sentence is an example of...

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hyperbole

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Example of annoying wasted time: "Almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on."

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repetition

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Books fell on the table with a loud thump.

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onomatopoeia

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The stars winked in the night sky. This is an example of...

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personification

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Walt Whitman's impact on American poetry.

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He wrote about topics no one else would.

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Whitman's self-education method?

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He educated himself by reading.

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Whitman cared about social issues like slavery, immigration, and women's rights.

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