Figure of speech in "He was sweating like a race horse."
LITERARY DEVICES

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Simile
2.
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"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." Example of sound device?
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alliteration
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"The road was a ribbon of moonlight." Literary technique?
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Metaphor
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From the poem 'The Seven Ages of Man', the world is compared to a:
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stage
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"Sighing like furnace" is a poetic device?
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Simile
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"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" - sound device?
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repetition
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"The Seven Ages of Man" describes:
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human life from infancy to old age.
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Three things lost in 'Second childishness':
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teeth, eyes and teeth
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