Figurative Language Flashcard

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Metaphor comparison: All the beautiful stars of the sky and silver doves of the forest of Night.

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stars and birds

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Figurative language in the quote: 'We will rush ever on without fear; Let the goal be far, the flight be fleet! For we carry the Heavens with us, dear, While the Earth slips from our feet!'

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Alliteration

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Life without love is a year without Summer - Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Example of figurative language?

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metaphor

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Memories cling like a garment, clothing us in glory. -Edgar Allen Poe. This is an example of...

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simile

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Leaves fly over the window and utter a word as they pass. -D. H. Lawrence. Example of:

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Personification

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My father was the sun and the moon to me.

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metaphor

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After the drought, the rain felt like an old friend returning.

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personification

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He was a library of information about baseball.

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metaphor

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The tree shook its branches angrily in the wind.

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personification

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The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight.

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simile