Figurative Language in The View from Saturday – Flashcards
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"She is thick around the middle, and when she wears her green polyester pantsuit, she looks like a Granny Smith apple"
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Simile
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Let your magic show you off, not you show off your magic"
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Metaphor
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"Under those bushy eyebrows of his, Grandpa Izzy's eyes are bright blue like the sudden underside of a bird wing"
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Simile
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"His eyes have always been the most alive part of him, but when Bubbe Frieda died, they seemed to die, too"
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Personification
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"Ginger had learned her lines. Ginger had learned her cues. Ginger was a genius"
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Metaphor
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"Since he married Margaret though, they [Izzy's eyes} seem bright enough to give off light of their own"
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"As American as apple pie"
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"Thank you for a vacation that was out of this world"
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Hyperbole
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"When she moved her head, the morning light caught in her hair the way the sun had when she turned her back to the ocean"
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Personification
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"A kid with hair as black as print on paper"
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"This time, however, when the applause was about to die down, Knapp and Lord exchanged a triumphant look and began barking "Arf! Arf! Arf!" and clapping in rhythm"
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Onomatopoeia
