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Figurative Language

The document analyzes the use of literary devices such as personification, metaphor, simile, and onomatopoeia in a passage. It provides many examples from the passage where these devices are used to describe nature and people's reactions.

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Figurative Language

The document analyzes the use of literary devices such as personification, metaphor, simile, and onomatopoeia in a passage. It provides many examples from the passage where these devices are used to describe nature and people's reactions.

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"The March wind snatched the door out of her hand" Personification

"The rain came...beating noisily against the windows as if trying to follow her in" Metaphor
"His eyes would twinkle behind his glasses" Personification
"and then kiss her resoundingly on both cheeks, like a French general bestowing a
decoration" Simile
" She could hear the wild lash of the trees, the whistle of the wind around the corners of the
little house" Onomatopoeia
"There was something childlike about her, like a small girl craving protection" Simile
"The furnace was still mumbling busily" Personification
"The wind hammered at the door" Personification
"They shared the same room and the same table like two strangers" Simile
"The wind shook the house in its giant grip" Personification
"A branch crashed on the roof" Onomatopoeia
"The wind's shout took on a personal threatening note" Personification
"Ominous howl of the wind" Personification
"The darkness was a wall" Metaphor
"The blackness within the house made the storm close in, as if it were a pack of wolves
besieging the house" Simile
"She was becoming a morbid fool" Oxymoron
"The crunch of feet on gravel, slow, persistent, heavy, like the patrol of a sentinel" Simile
"The oil burner went off with a sharp click" Onomatopoeia
"her eyes widened, round and dark as a frightened deer's" Simile
"Each detail of its contents imprinted itself on her brain like an image on film" Simile
"Horror was a black cloak thrown around her" Metaphor
"The wind took the house in its teeth and shook it as a dog shakes a rat" Simile and
personification
"The picture burned in her brain as if it had been etched with acid" Simile
"Made it stand out like a beacon" Simile
" chattering of her teeth" Onomatopoeia
"It was as if the jaws of a great trap had closed on her" Simile
"Her quivering body stiffened like a drawn bow" Simile
"The voice of the storm" Personification
"A deafening roar in her ears" Onomatopoeia
"His stocky body was a bulwark" Metaphor
"A voiceless scream formed in her throat" Oxymoron
"The blessed wind snatched the front door from her and flung it wide open"
Personification

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