Amal Unbound- Figurative Language

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The building felt like it had exhaled, expanding a little bit without all thirty-four of us, crammed two to a desk, filling up nearly every square inch of space.

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• HYPERBOLE

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When I was younger, he loomed large and scary, like a character in a horror story.

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• SIMILE

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The five minutes it took to run to my home on the other side of the field felt like a lifetime.

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• IDIOM

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

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Any disappointment I might have felt at not having a baby brother dissipated like powder in a running stream.

• METAPHOR

• HYPERBOLE

• PERSONIFICATION

• SIMILE

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As much as I tried to block it out, my parents’ expressions were etched into my mind.

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• HYPERBOLE

• IDIOM

• PERSONIFICATION

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No one could ever get too annoyed with her, though, because she usually came bearing her prize jalebis, the twisted, sticky orange treats that would lure anyone to the door.

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

• IDIOM

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Seema and I tried to fill her shoes.

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

• IDIOM

• METAPHOR

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Sunlight peeked from behind the curtains.

• SIMILE

• PERSONIFICATION

• IDIOM

• METAPHOR

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She was the invisible arm propping the family up.

• IDIOM

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

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Mark my words...

• SIMILE

• IDIOM

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR