Looking Out for Others: Allegory in "Aunty Misery"

Question 1

What element of allegory does this passage contain?

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The characters symbolize ideas.

Question 2

✔ similemetaphor

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✔ simile

Question 3

✔ similemetaphor

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✔ simile

Question 4

Identify the type of figurative language bolded in each quote.

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simile

Question 5

Which sentence from the folktale is an example of figurative language?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“He answered her in a voice that was dry and hoarse, as if he had swallowed a desert.”

Question 6

Identify the type of figurative language bolded in each quote. ". . . shimmied up the trunk of the pear tree and immediately got stuck to it as if with glue." "With a heavy sigh like wind through a tomb." "Medicines are like magic potions."

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ simile; Selection 1: simile; Selection 2: simile; Selection 3: simile

Question 7

Which two things are personified in the folktale?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

misery; death

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