LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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“His heart was as cold as ice” is an example of a ____
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metaphor
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simile
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irony
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free verse
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Compares two unlike things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Example: His heart was as cold as ice. Compares two unlike things by saying that one ‘is’ or ‘was’ the other.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hands are AS COLD AS ice, but they are NOT ice. The hands are cold in the same way that ice is cold. That’s a simile.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cold as the ice on northern sea. Cold as clay. Cold as a turtle. Cauld as the drifting snow.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, all similes are metaphors, but not all metaphors are similes. Example: Her heart is as cold as ice. An analogy says something is like something else to explain or argue a point.
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