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Transcript of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRACTICE. READ THE FOLLOWING QUOTES AND IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE...
R E A D T H E F O L L O W I N G Q U O T E S A N D I D E N T I F Y W H AT T Y P E O F F I G U R AT I V E
L A N G UA G E I S B E I N G U S E D
1. “Behind the trees clouds scudded
frantically across the sky. Every few
moments the moon ripped through
them creating wraithlike shadows that
raced along the ground”
4. “and the door swung slowly outward,
creaking on rusty hinges. Up in one of the
elms an old black crow gave its raucous cry,
and a woodpecker went into a wild rat-a-tat-
tat. Large gray rat scuttled around the corner
of the house and Meg let out a stifled shriek.”
5. “Silence fell between them as tangible
as the dark tree shadows that fell across
their laps and now seemed to rest upon
them as heavily as though they possessed
a measurable weight of their own.”
7. “it was as though the dark shadow
had somehow reached out with its dark
power and touched them so that they
were incapable of speech.”
12. “The curtains, red, with a blue
and green geometrical pattern, were
drawn and seemed to reflect their
cheerfulness throughout the room.”
PERSONIFICATION
curtains, red, with a blue and green
geometrical pattern, were drawn and
seemed to reflect their cheerfulness
throughout the room
13. “ One white faced man in a dark suit
looked directly at the children, said, “Oh
dear, I shall be late,” and flickered into the
building.
“He’s like the white rabbit,” Meg giggled
nervously.