Of Mice and Men Chapter 1-Figurative Language

Front

Path beaten hard by tramps weary from the highway, jungle-up near water.

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personification, metaphor

Front

The shade climbed up the hills.

Back

personification, metaphor

Front

Rabbits sat quietly as gray sculptured stones.

Back

simile

Front

Lennie dabbled his paw in the water, creating splashes and widening rings across the pool.

Back

metaphor

Front

Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water, creating splashes and widening rings. He is compared to a ...

Back

bear

Front

His huge companion drank from the green pool, snorting like a horse.

Back

simile

Front

Lennie’s closed hand obeyed.

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personification

Front

A water snake moved on the pool, its head up like a periscope.

Back

simile

Front

A man shouted, another responded, and sycamore limbs rustled in the wind that quickly died.

Back

personification

Front

Sycamore leaves whispered in a night breeze.

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personification