Categorize the following examples of figurative language: (Hint: There is 1 example for each category.)

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This is the worst day of my life.

The stars are sparkling diamonds.

Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves.

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky.

The door protested as it opened slowly.

Your explanation is as clear as mud.

The computers at school are old dinosaurs.

He's running faster than the wind.

I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

My heart is like an open highway.

Alliteration:

Hyperbole:

Simile:

Personification:

Metaphor:

This is the worst day of my life-- hyperbole

The stars are sparkling diamonds-- metaphor

Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves-- alliteration

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky-- personification

The door protested as it opened slowly-- personification

Your explanation is as clear as mud-- simile

The computers at school are old dinosaurs-- metaphor

He's running faster than the wind-- hyperbole

I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw-- alliteration

My heart is like an open highway-- simile

Explanation:

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your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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basic principle: a pronoun usually refers to something earlier in the text (its antecedent) and must agree in number — singular/plural — with the thing to which it refers. the indefinite pronouns anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one, and nobody are always singular.