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Read the excerpt and answer the question. I suppose that futile waiting was the sorrowful background music of our impoverished little community when I was young. Which best describes the figurative language used in this sentence? idiom metaphor hyperbole personification

Answer 1

It could very well be between a metaphor and idiom.... An idiom would be something like a dark horse- could be taken literally or figuratively... A metaphor makes a comparison of some sort or something along those line, it seems more of a metaphor because it could be comparing the wait to the music that used to be heard in the community during childhood. (I hope this helps and again that's just the thing that comes to mind for me- I could be wrong)

Answer 2

Personification figurative language has been used here as it is giving human characteristics to the non-human things such as sorrowful.

What is figurative language?

Figurative language refers to the language that makes meaning to the reader or listener to understand something through its relation to some other thing, action, or image.

Personification is the authorship of human characteristics such as emotions, behavior etc. to non-living objects.

The figurative language include metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, and symbolism.

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