LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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simile
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alliteration
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metaphor
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onomatopoeia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: Explanation: “As straight as an arrow” is an example of a simile. Simile is a figure of speech that involves comparison of one thing with the other using ‘as’ or ‘like’.
Detailed explanation-2: -(as) straight as an arrow (simile, by extension) Having no homosexual desires or thoughts; completely heterosexual.
Detailed explanation-3: -Simile: Rapunzel’s hair was as soft as clouds. Simile: Cinderella’s slippers were as shiny as the sun. Metaphor: The snow is a white blanket. Metaphor: The calm lake was a mirror about what was to come.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hyperbole always uses exaggeration, while metaphors sometimes do. This is a metaphor: “His words were music to my ears.” The speaker compares words to music. In contrast, a hyperbolic version of the same idea would be, “That’s the greatest thing anyone has ever said.”
Detailed explanation-5: -As tall as a giraffe. As sweet as sugar. As strong as an ox. As old as the hills. As cool as a cucumber.