Match each element of figurative language with its example from Kate Chopin's "The Storm."

Metaphor

Simile

Imagery

Idiom

Personification

Symbolism

Hyperbole

Flashback

Foreshadowing


Answer
A.
They seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life's mystery.

B.
Adjoining was her bed room...The door stood open.

C.
Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seeds.

D.
Then he returned to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly (unemotionally), holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst.

E.
If this keeps up, Dieu sait if the levee's goin' to stan it!

F.
Somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention.

G.
The rain was coming down in sheets, obscuring (blocking) the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in a