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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Read these lines from the poem "The Horses" by Ted Hughes, and answer the question that follows. I climbed through the woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, "Evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of: a. metaphor b. simile c. alliteration d. onomatopoeia

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@TwiztTiez

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pooja195

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Is that you, Ry :O Anyways, what do you think?

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Remember that a simile is something comparing two things together using 'like' or 'as' That vase is as red as a rose She is like a rose etc

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Do you know what the other ones are?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hey @sammixboo !!. Thanks for that information. I believe it is either C or D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@sammixboo dont forget about me :( hahah

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@KathyMae95

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Well, an alliteration is like 'Sammi sells Sam's shoes at 'Sammi's Shoes' store.' As you can tell almost every letter started with an S

sammixboo (sammixboo):

And onomatopoeia is a sound word, like 'Achoo' and 'Boing'

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Metaphor is a way to compare to things, but not using 'like' or 'as'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh ok, so its comparing without like or as, thanks @sammixboo

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Right :) Because it is comparing the Evil are to a frost-making stillness

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The answer is A: metaphor

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