Story of an Hour: Figurative Language

Front

Mrs. Mallard's heart trouble suggests...

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Foreshadowing

Front

Storm of grief spent itself...

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Metaphor

Front

Into this she sank, pressed down by exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

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Personification

Front

The breath of rain was in the air.

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Personification

Front

...as a child who has cried itself to sleep...

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Simile

Front

Reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents.

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Alliteration

Front

...she carried herself like a goddess of Victory.

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Simile

Front

monstrous joy

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Oxymoron

Front

In paragraph 2, 'veiled' hints that revealed in half concealing.

Back

A unclear

Front

Metaphor in paragraph 3: "When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone."

Back

D the intensity of Mrs. Mallard’s pain