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What you are referring to is a Hyperbole, or an extreme exaggeration.
It usually means a feeling of sadness, but your heart is not literally sore.
It could also be an idiom, as in "Heartache", which has about the same meaning.
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Using the word simile in a sentence?
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Personification! It is personification because the fire is given human-like qualities. Human-like quality = cheerful.
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metaphor
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deconstruction
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no
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What type of figurative language did charles w chesnutt use for his books?
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Deconstruction
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Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?
The type of figurative language in the sentence would need to be provided for an analysis to be made.
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Metaphor.
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