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| The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot. | | The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot. |
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| =Examples of Figurative Language=
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| Her voice sounds like Ashanti.
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| It's raining cats and dogs.
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| The sky is falling.
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| The poorest man is the richest, and the rich are poor.
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| I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti.
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| Her head was spinning from all the new information.
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| I'm so hungry I could eat a hippopotamus.
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| I’ve told you a million times to sweep the floor!
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| Alright, the sky misses the sun at night.
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| Hear the mellow wedding bells.-Edgar Allen Poe
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| Out of reach, I pull out with a screech.
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| The toast jumped out of the toaster.
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| The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.
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| The Redcoats are coming!
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| =Why do we use figurative language?= | | =Why do we use figurative language?= |