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Chapter 38: Using Exact Language

Exercise 38.8 Using figurative language

Exercise 38.8 Using figurative language

Invent appropriate figurative language of your own (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification) to describe each of the following scenes or qualities, and use each figure in a sentence. Example: The attraction of a lake on a hot day The small waves like fingers beckoned us irresistibly.

This activity contains 5 questions.

The sound of a kindergarten classroom

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

People waiting in line to buy tickets to a rock concert

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

The politeness of strangers meeting for the first time

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

A streetlight seen through dense fog

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

The effect of watching television for ten hours straight

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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