Wednesday, March 21, 2007

POSSESSED BY LOVE


THE GHOSTLY SHADOW

-Munger grew up in Evansville, Indiana, the youngest of three and "the star" of the family

Figurative phrase: The star
Figure of speech:Metaphor
Reason:Munger,whom is the youngest indirectly symbolized as the star.

-The Ghostly Shadow

Figurative phrase: ghostly shadow
Figure of speech: Metaphor
Reason: The shadow was indirectly compared with the ghost.
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FALLING SILENT

- "She'd wake up scared to death.... "

Figurative phrase: Scared to death
Figure of speech: Metaphor
Reason: the scared feeling has been compared to death indirectly in the phrase.

- "And I cried out of relief, because I was finally free. My hell was finally over."

Figurative phrase: relief..My hell was finally over.
Figure of speech : Metaphor and allusion
Reason:The phrase is metaphor because the cried out ofrelief was indirectly compared to hell.The phrase can also be allusion because hell is a well known ikon that symbolizes sadness, suffer and including the relief.

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1 comment:

Izaham Shah Ismail said...

'scared to death' is not a metaphor. It means she was so scared that she almost died.