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| Comparing two objects or ideas using "like" or "as" |
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| Comparing two unlike objects without using "like" or "as" |
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| Giving non-human objects human like characteristics |
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| the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases. |
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| a statement that is meant to be an exaggeration |
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| Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed |
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| There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year /since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear. |
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| When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears, |
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| The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, |
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| Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting -- |
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| My soul has grown deep like rivers. |
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| It is dreams that have destroyed us. |
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| My brain is fire--my heart is lead! / Her soul is flint, and what am I? |
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| Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before |
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| “You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife." |
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