"Language is a road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." -Rita Mae Brown
The quote above is an example of a:
A. alliteration
B. personification
C. simile
D. metaphor
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@SarahEZZMcK
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OpenStudy (unicornsession):
Personification.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
oh thank you
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Your welcome
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
why are you mad sarah
OpenStudy (anonymous):
"Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856
The quote above is an example of a(n):
A. irony
B. metaphor
C. simile
D. alliteration
OpenStudy (sarahezzmck):
frustrated not mad
OpenStudy (anonymous):
oh ok
OpenStudy (sarahezzmck):
hold on, backup call time lol @willreel @kira12341234 @bookworm00981 hellppp pleasssee
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Hmmm. Lol.
OpenStudy (sarahezzmck):
lol. :)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
met·a·phor
ˈmetəˌfôr,-fər/Submit
noun
1.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
"“I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,” said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors"
synonyms: figure of speech, image, trope, analogy, comparison, symbol, word painting/picture More
OpenStudy (anonymous):
I think Metaphor. :P
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Can you move the stars to Pity? No. So Metaphor.
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