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Duplicate of Most Dangerous Game Figurative Language
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Identifying examples of literary devices in Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"
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An apprehensive night crawled by like a wounded snake.
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
irony
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It was so dark I could sleep without closing my eyes.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
hyperbole
3
blood-warm waters
personification
onomatopoeia
foreshadowing
imagery
4
He (Rainsford) did not have to wait long. The cat was coming again to play with the mouse.
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
5
Tomorrow you'll feel like a new man.
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
Simile
6
The lights of the yacht became faint and ever vanishing fireflies...
simile
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
7
I struck out with strong strokes...
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
8
They can crush a ship as easily as I can crush this nut.
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
9
Rainsford did not smile. "I am still a beast at bay," he said.
personification
Simile
hyperbole
metaphor
10
The sea was as flat as a plate glass window.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
alliteration
11
...the muttering and growling of the sea...
onomatopoeia
imagery
foreshadowing
personification
12
Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly
foreshadowing
imagery
onomatopoeia
personification
13
swish... ripple... wash...
foreshadowing
personification
onomatopoeia
imagery
14
The fellow lost his head.
idiom
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
