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


=Why do we use figurative language?=
=Why do we use figurative language?=
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