Matching Pairs Figurative LanguageOnline version Match the example to the type of figurative language present. by Val Allison 1 As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face. 2 The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. 3 Gossiping on the country-side, Spring and the wandering breezes say, God has thrown Heaven open wide And let the thrushes out to-day. 4 Taking daughter’s boyfriend hostage may have been a bit extreme, But other fathers have done worse things when their daughters were sixteen. 5 Beautiful lie the dead; Like ships, the anchor dropped, In a deep water. 6 I heard a cry in the night, A thousand miles it came, It was quiet then it was louder, My name, my name, my name… 7 Gazing at the apex star configurations red picnic blanket the endless summer. 8 You say that you are wronged--ah, well, I count that friendship poor, at best A bauble, a mere bagatelle, That cannot stand so slight a test. 9 Nor will a brave man choose to live when he, Full deeply drunk of life, has reached the dregs. 10 The terrier, down on the hearth, Twitches and barks in his sleep, Soft little foolish barks, More like a dream than a dog . . . Hyperbole: The speaker is exaggerating how loud the call was. Simile: The dog is compared to a dream using the word “like.” Simile: The dead are compared to ships with anchors dropped. Metaphor: life is compared to a drink. The end of life is compared to the end of a drink, one with food particles in the bottom. Personification: The soul is given the ability to select societies and shut doors. Understatement: Taking one’s daughter’s boyfriend hostage is more than “a bit” extreme. Hyperbole: The summer is described as endless, which is an exaggeration. Metaphor: He compares the friendship to a bauble or bagatelle, a cheap trinket. Simile: an aged face was compared to a white candle using the word “as.” Personification: Spring and the wandering breezes are given the ability to talk.
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