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What is the figure of speech in the expression he was out like a light?
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To be knocked unconscious or fall asleep almost instantly. It comes from switching off a light. It goes out instantly too.
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What is figure of speech used The silence is deafening?
Hyperbole
The first two lines of the poem Tingling shafts of light Like gigantic staffs represent what type of figure of speech?
Simile-Apex
Figure of speech repetition and its examples?
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simile a comparison using like or as
What figure of speech is a bullet whizzed past my face like a mosquito?
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What is figure of speech used The silence is deafening?
Hyperbole
The first two lines of the poem Tingling shafts of light Like gigantic staffs represent what type of figure of speech?
Simile-Apex
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The snow danced around in the wind?
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What is a metiphor?
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What is the correct figure of speech for your eyes are like diamonds?
simile
What if your heart is trembling like a leaf What is the figure of speech?
simile a comparison using like or as
Figure of speech repetition and its examples?
They ran as fast as thye wind They act like a dog Life is a journey Your teeth are like stars Hefights like a lion He swims as fast as a fish
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He didn't feel like getting into it. There was no oral expression.
What definition the word enterprise?
it is a figure of speech like talking to someone
What figure of speech is "Like a flung cast-net"?
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