LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language
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hyperbole
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simile
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personification
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metaphor
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -"You make me smile like the sun” It is a simile because of the like comparing the smile and the sun. They make the person happy make them smile brightly.
Detailed explanation-2: -If you say “that news hit me like a ton of bricks, ‘’ you are using figurative language; listeners understand the news you got was deeply moving, and also know that you were not actually hit by 2000 pounds of bricks (because if you had been you would be dead).
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