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What is personification
The phrase, "The leaves danced in the wind and the trees danced with the sun" uses
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What is an idiom
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of
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What is hyperbole
"My grandma is ancient" is an example of
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What is simile
"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of
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What is a sonnet
A poem that consists 14 lines with an A-B-A-B rhyme scheme and a couplet at the end
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What is vestige
Racism is an example of
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What is pathos
Crying because of the death of Romeo and Juliet, is an example of
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What is symbolism
A dove::peace as American flag::freedom this is an example of
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What is hubris
'Scar', from The Lion King, is an example of
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What is Faust
The Little Mermaid is an example of
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