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Terms in this set (20)The moonless night was....LIKE moist balck velevet Simile The sea was AS flat AS a plate-glass window Simile the SWISH and RIPPLE of the wash of the propeller onomatopoeia He strained his eyes, but it was LIKE trying to see through a blanket simile ...the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face personifitcatoin and the salt water in his open mouth mad him GAG and strangle
onomatopoeia The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies metaphor ...then they were blotted out entirely by the night. personification Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to his ears--the most welcome he had ever heard hyperbole The MUTTERING and GROWLING of the sea breaking on a rocky shore onomatopoeia jagged crags appeared to jut up... consonance a sharp hunger was picking at him personification
The sea licked greedly lips in the shadows personification ...in the river of glaring glod light that poured out alliteration the silwnt giant. Ivan.... assonance American bussinessman often go to pieces...
hyperbole ...giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaws personification ...their eyes glittered greenly alliteration He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea
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What are 2 examples of personification in The Most Dangerous Game?Further examples of this include: ''The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows,'' ''Giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaws,'' and ''The muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore.
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