English, 08.04.2021 02:40 BreadOfTheBear
Directions: Use the word bank and definition of each vocabulary word to identify the figurative language used.
WORD BANK:
idiom: an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
Simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
Personification: attribution of personal qualities
especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
Foreshadowing: an indication of what is to come
Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness)
1) The heavens were torn asunder by vivid lightningâ
2) Horses sniff the air suspiciouslyâ
3) There was a fierce sigh of the stormâ
4) The storm bore on its icy wingsâ
5) âthe drift ofâ
6) His imagination got hold of himâ
7) âmy blood roseâ
8) The ground shook as though a thousand horses thundered acrossâ
9) A shroud of snowâ
10) Maitre dâ warns the driver to be back by nightfallâ
11) Silver thing as big as a turnipâ
12) The deepening twilight forced itself upon meâ
13) The earth around me was a glistening white carpetâ
14) The cold seemed to grip me by the heartâ
15) âThe dead travel fastââ
16) The flood of moonlightâ
17) Dark clouds drifted across the skyâ
18) The tomb was as white as the snow around itâ
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English, 21.06.2019 19:30
From âthe ravenâ by edgar allan poe but the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. nothing farther then he utteredânot a feather then he flutteredâ till i scarcely more than muttered, âother friends have flown beforeâ on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.â then the bird said, ânevermore.â in this excerpt, what is the speaker saying the raven will do? a. it will certainly die. b. it will leave immediately. c. it will leave the next day. d. it will befriend the speaker.
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English, 21.06.2019 19:50
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English, 21.06.2019 23:30
Me ! select the correct answer. in his essay "civil disobedience," henry david thoreau wrote "that government is best which governs least." which answer best shows how this motto reflects transcendentalist principles? a. an ideal government does not exist, so anarchy is best for a nation. b. citizens require the government to define the difference between right and wrong. c. government can act as an impediment to the will and morality of individual men. d. an ideal nation is one that is not governed by a monarchy or dictatorship. e. government on a large scale is inefficient and should be managed at the state level.
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