The Most Dangerous Game: Figurative Language – Flashcards

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Simile
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Type of FL? "The sea was as flat as a plate-window"
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Personification
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Type of FL? "twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed
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Simile
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Type of FL? "...for his hair was a vivid white; but his eyebrows and pointed military moustache was as black as the night."
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Metaphor
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Type of FL? "The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse."
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Both hunters experienced
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Conflict: Man vs Man (example)
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Once he swam ashore, he knew he was safe from the sea
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Conflcit Man vs Nature (example)
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When he finds out the real meaning of fear
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Conflcit Man vs Self (example)
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Situational
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What type of irony is in the story?
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question
Simile
answer
Type of FL? "The sea was as flat as a plate-window"
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Personification
answer
Type of FL? "twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed
question
Simile
answer
Type of FL? "...for his hair was a vivid white; but his eyebrows and pointed military moustache was as black as the night."
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Metaphor
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Type of FL? "The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse."
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Both hunters experienced
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Conflict: Man vs Man (example)
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Once he swam ashore, he knew he was safe from the sea
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Conflcit Man vs Nature (example)
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When he finds out the real meaning of fear
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Conflcit Man vs Self (example)
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Situational
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What type of irony is in the story?
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