Figurative Language in 'Found in Mail Room'

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Simile

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'As a letter carrier in a town as small as a shoebox, he often finished by noon.'

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison. Example: 'Can you help me move the old mail sorting cabinet? That beast is older than I am.'

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Personification

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The attribution of a human characteristic to something nonhuman. Example: 'Lacy didn’t leave because of Robert and me – she left because this town was holding her back.'

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement. Example: 'A yellowish rectangle of paper lay propped against the wall where the two-ton cabinet had been.'