Homework Help: English

Posted by Julia on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:03pm.

1.What figure of speech is this? I think it is personification

"Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear."

simile
litotes
personification
metonymy
synecdoche
2.What figure of speech is this:The fog comes on little cat feet
This one I hav no idea-I thought it was personification but that's not one of the answers

simile
metaphor
synecdoche
litotes
metonymy

English - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:12pm
You're right about the first one.

Hint for # 2 --It compares two unlike things -- and doesn't use "like" or "as."
English - Julia, Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:28pm
It would be a metaphor-is that correct?
English - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:33pm
Right! It's a metaphor.

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