Figurative language
1. We plodded along the narrow band, the trees soldiering up around us, dark and
tall. (Chapter 26)
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personification
2. But we heroes eat danger atop our porridge for breakfast. (Chapter 28)
Simile metaphor hyperbole idiom
3. The white snow covered the dark truth. (Chapter 29)
simile metaphor hyperbole idiom
4. Tall glass doors with shattered panes stood open into the garden. torn damask
curtains flapping like a loose tongue in the wind. (Chapter 31)
Simile metaphor personification hyperbole
5. The house was dark. but smoke coughed from one of the center chimneys. grayer
than the gray sky. (Chapter 32)
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