Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Alliteration, and Idiom

Authors use figurative language to create a picture in the readers’ minds. Most of the time, the author is comparing what is really happening with something people are familiar with, allowing the reader to make a connection with what is happening in the novel. Figurative language also allows the author to express, in a more powerful way, what is occurring in the novel.

Read the examples of figurative language listed below. Determine the figurative language element that is used.

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