Which of the following excerpts from "Good Country People" is the best example of figurative language?

A. The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were ... good country people

B. If she don't get there before the dust settles, you can bet she's dead, that's all

C. She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.

D. It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

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Reilly Powell

7 April, 07:55

Which of the following excerpts from "Good Country People" is the best example of figurative language?

A. The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were ... good country people

B. If she don't get there before the dust settles, you can bet she's dead, that's all

C. She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.

D. It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

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Yuliana Galvan · Answer 1

I think the best line that is an example of a figurative language is:

B. If she don’t get there before the dust settles, you can bet she’s dead, that’s all

I see personification and hyperbole being used in this line.

Personification is giving human traits to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. "dust settles"

Hyperbole is exaggerating things that must not be taken literally - you can bet she's dead, that's all.