Match each type of figurative language to its example.
match
term
definition
simile
a) my opponent's face became a white sheet when he saw me arrive.
metaphor
b) i defeated my opponent as easily as sliding a knife through butter
allusion
c) the heartbeat of the win beat loudly in the loser's ear
personification
d) the winner said, "i had a dream that one day i would taste victory."
paradox
e) winning is sweetest when the opponent is the toughest

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Sometimes the animals arrive at the shelter very sick. however, the shelter workers will not allow anyone to adopt a seriously ill animal. which is the conjunctive adverb? sometimes however anyone at

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me