Complex Figurative Language (F451)

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Figurative language in: "his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history."

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metaphor

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Figurative language in: "...he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere, as if someone had called his name."

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simile

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Figurative language in: "...while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch. . ."

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metaphor

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Figurative language in: "The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain."

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imagery

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Figurative language in: "How like a mirror, too, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know that refracted your own light to you?"

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simile

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Figurative language in: "How like a mirror, too, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know that refracted your own light to you?"

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metaphor

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Figurative language in: "How like a mirror, too, her face... torches, blazing away until they whiffed out."

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metaphor

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Figurative language in the passage: "Without turning on the light..."

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extended metaphor

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Figurative language example: "Her face was like a snow-covered island..."

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simile

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Figurative language in: "As he stood there the sky over the house screamed."

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personification