figurative language in tangerine – Flashcards
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For mom moving into Florida was like military operation.
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They had one huge shot of the splintered walkways sticking up in all directions, like Godzilla had just trampled through there.
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By the time the report was finished old Charley Burns was roadkill.
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...flames licking up the sides...
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Mom spotted Erik in his uniform- light blue helmet, white pants, and light blue jersey with SEAGULLS written across the front.
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complex all went up- unsurveyed, unsupervised, and unsafe.
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The rain continued to hammer down, pounding on the long line of kids heading north.
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There is no in-between on this team. We have two great strikers in Tommy and Gino, one great goaltender in me, and a freezer full of dog meat.
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The lightning once again filled the room...
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He was a parallel line three feet above the ground.
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It had two high- tech looking antennas on top-one one the back that looked like a corkscrew, and one in the middle that swiveled.
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Mom directed her voice at him like a laser beam.
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