Question

Match each element of figurative language with its example from Kate Chopin's "The Storm."


Metaphor


Simile


Imagery


Allusion


Personification


Symbolism


Hyperbole


Flashback


Foreshadowing

Answer 1

A.
If she was not an immaculate (perfect) dove in those days, she was still inviolate (untouched).
B.
The rain was coming down in sheets, obscuring (blocking) the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in a gray mist.
C.
They seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life's mystery.
D.
Adjoining was her bed room...The door stood open.
E.
"If this keeps up, Dieu sait if the levee's goin' to stan it!"
F.
Somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention.
G.
Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seeds.
H.
Then he returned to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly (unemotionally), holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst.
I.
Oh! she remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her and kissed and kissed her; until his senses would well nigh fail, and to save her he would resort to a desperate flight.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A. Metaphor -If she was not an immaculate dove in those
days, she was still inviolate.
B. Imagery - The rain was coming down in sheets, obscuring the
view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in a
gray mist.
C. Hyperbole - They seemed to swoon together at the very
borderland of life's mystery.
D. Foreshadowing - Adjoining to her bedroom... The door
stood open.
E. Allusion - If this keeps up, Dieu sait if the levee's goin' to stan
it.
F. Personification - Somber clouds that were rolling with sinister
intention.
G. Similie - Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate
seeds.
H. Symbolism - The he returned to his perch on the keg and sat
stolidly, holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst.
I. Flashback - Oh! she remembered; for in Assumption he had
kissed her and kissed her; until his senses would well
nigh fail, and to save her he would resort to a desperate
flight.
J. Irony - Alcee says, "Calixta," he said, "don't be frightened.
Nothing can happen, "just before they make love.

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