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25 October, 00:38

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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  1. 25 October, 03:36
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    Correct E. The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep

    Incorrect 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.

    Correct J. The fog comes/on little cat feet

    Correct J. The fog comes/on little cat feet

    Correct C. Night falls like a wet sponge

    Correct C. Night falls like a wet sponge

    Hyperbole

    Correct 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

    Correct 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

    Understatement

    Correct F. I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice.

    Correct F. I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice.

    Allusion

    Correct B. How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express

    Correct B. How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express

    Irony

    Correct D. Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink.

    Correct D. Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink.

    Personification

    Correct 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.

    Incorrect G. One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you.

    Synecdoche

    Correct G. One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you.

    Incorrect H. And all the lands belong to the crown.

    Metonymy

    Correct H. And all the lands belong to the crown.

    Incorrect E. The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep
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