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aj2869
05.12.2019 • 
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Match each element of figurative language with its example. - symbol - metaphor - simile - hyperbole - understatement - allusion - irony - personification - synecdoche - metonymy a. "i gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/i crossed it in two hours" b. "night falls like a wet sponge" c. "the fog comes/on little cat feet" d. "water, water, everywhere,/nor any (but not a) drop to drink." e. "the woods are lovely, dark and deep./but i have promises to keep" f. "and all the lands belong to the crown." g. "how now, mr. shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express" h. "i think i know enough of hate/to say that for destruction ice/is also great/and would suffice." i. "the sky is low, the clouds are mean,/a travelling flake of snow/across a barn or through a rut/debates if it will go." j. "one of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you."

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