Imagery
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground. The imagery depicts-
What is the season going from summer to autumn?
The moon was high, all were sleeping, and the whole world was at peace. The hyperbole above depicts to the reader that--
What is the speaker is exaggerating how peaceful things were. Some people had to be awake at that time. Some people in the world had to have been fighting and not at peace.
Their heart was made of stone. The metaphor in this sentence suggest that--
What is a suggestion of seriousness, uncompassionate, or unemotional?
“I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills.”
The simile conveys a message of--
What is loneliness, yet has a tone of calmness and peace.
Tranio encourages Petruchio to "break the ice" with Katherine by asking her questions. Who knows they might just become good friends.
The idiom in this sentence suggest that
What is get to know or break the tension?
There were strange, rare odors abroad—a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new-plowed earth, mingled with the heavy perfume of a field of white blossoms somewhere near. The sensory imagery appeal to
What is the the readers sense of smell?
I will wait here for 10,000 years, my dear, just to hear your voice. The hyperbole shows the reader that--
What is to show the reader how long the speaker is willing to wait to hear their voice? They must really care for that person.
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all."
The metaphor above conveys the message that hope is--
What is the feeling of hope; it lifts us up, stirring feelings of freedom and levity. ?
It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it.
The simile above conveys to the reader that--
What is that after a hard fight defeat can be sudden?
It costs an arm and a leg.
The idiom conveys the message that-
What is that something is very expensive?
I heard the rain still beating continuously on the staircase window, and the wind howling in the grove behind the hall. The sensory imagery above appeals to the reader's-
What is sense of audio or hearing?
They live their lives with a continual sigh, sadder than all tears. The hyperbole above shows that--
What is the extreme sadness that they lived their lives?
'Cause baby, you're a firework
C'mon, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Aah, aah, aah"
As you shoot across the sky
The metaphor above conveys the message that--
What is that the audience is brilliant, outstanding, amazing, exciting, etc.
He went to the bathroom and carefully scrubbed the ink away with the gritty dark brown soap which rasped your skin like sandpaper and was therefore well adapted for this purpose.
The similar covey to the reader that--
What is the soap being tough and cheap?
I'd like to get started on this project. Would you please help me get the ball rolling?
The idiom in this selection conveys the message that--
What is that they should get started on the project?
The day was bright and sunny, with the fragrance of spring flowers in the air, and the sound of chirping birds high up in the trees. The imagery used above helps the reader---
What is visualize how beautiful the morning was?
His stomach is a bottomless pit. The hyperbole above shows the reader that?
What an extremely hungry person?
Life is a roller coaster
In this line, the metaphor depicts life as--
What is as being full of moments that are good, bad, scary, fun, etc.
Like a caterpillar, the traffic inched through the interstate?
The metaphor above conveys the message that--
What is that the traffic is extremely slow?
Do you need help fixing the car? I'd be happy to lend you a hand.
The idiom lend a hand suggest
What is helping another?
The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. It often had a sort of peaceful smell as though nothing bad could happen ever again in the world. The imagery above mostly appeals to--
What is the sense of smell?
Giving cake to a baby can be a little bit messy. The hyperbole above conveys that the speaker feels--
What is feels as if the mess that is created is not a big deal to clean up? Babies are messy but the speaker has patience for their messiness.
White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops,
You all stand still.
The metaphors above symbolize or represent-
What is clouds on a blue sky?
And like a thunderbolt he falls
In the poem the Eagle, the simile above depicts that--
What is the eagle being quick?
Max's hamster is very old. I'm surprised it hasn't kicked the bucket yet.
The idiom above implies that--
What is that the hamster should be dead?