Figurative Language in A Night to Remember – Flashcards
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Mrs. J Stuart White was sitting on the edge of her bed, just reaching to turn out the light when the ship seemed to roll over a thousand marbles.
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Metaphor and/or Personification
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Mrs. Albert Caldwell pictured a large dog that had a baby kitten in its mouth and was shaking it.
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Metaphor
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"I felt terrified and confused, this boat was said to be unsinkable. I guess they were wrong. I felt as if I was in a nightmare that I couldn't wake from."
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Simile
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"I was getting ready to go to bed when I heard something like a giant hand banging on the outside of the ship."
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Simile
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"I went out of my room, then I saw it, I saw a wall of water coming right for me. It was like Poseidon, the water god, sent water to kill me."
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Personification
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"When it hit, it felt like a volcano erupted but we did not know what it was."
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Simile
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"I was asleep, I jolted out of bed into a mountain of books that almost ate me alive when I fell into them."
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Personification
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"Grab your stuff and run! Run! Run!"
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Repetition
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"Walking around like a chicken without its head."
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Idiom
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"Upon entering the first class dining saloon, I was greeted with hors d'oeuvres and a room full of cackling banter. Filet mignon with roasted vegetables filled my nostrils. I saw some plates with lamb and others with roasted duck. My eyes had hearts in them."
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Sensory Imagery
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Suddenly the sea came up roaring through the space between the boilers, "SPLASH" the rapids continued to surge.
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Onomatopoeia, Personification
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Mrs. Smith picked up two favorite rings. One of those rings was a baby blue diamond from her husband. The ring alone could sink the Titanic.
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Hyperbole
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The things people took with them showed how they felt. Adolf Dyker handed his wife a small sparkling satchel of sapphire stones.
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Alliteration
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As the iceberg struck, Bruce Ismay recalled Thomas Andrew's unforgettable warnings about Titanic's lack of lifeboats. His mind panicked as he replayed the conversation and the reality of the present situation.
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