What are examples of figurative language in the giver with page numbers?

"It broke my heart Jonas."pg.141

- This means that the giver got really sad that something happened.  

"Jonas almost spat the question at the Giver." pg.141

- This means that Jonas asked it quickly.

"Jonas turned swiftly into the trees."  pg.171

- This means that he went quickly and gracefully into the trees.

"Every citizen analyzed with endless talk." pg.131

- This means that they talked non stop.  

"To himself, he called the memory of the sail forward again."pg.116

- This means that the memory came back to him.  

"Fire and felt flames licking at the torn bone and flesh." pg.109

- This means that his tongue is on fire.

 "His voice faltered and trailed off."pg.141

- This means that his voice suddenly started to stop.  

"I know that. They hammered out the rules after the failure ten years ago." pg.139

- This means that they harshly changed the rules because of the failure.  

"For me it was hearing beyond." pg.157

- He could hear more than anyone else.

"Her eyes were very luminous, I remember." pg.141

-The Giver seen Rosemary's eyes very bright and beautiful.  

Hyperbole- ""That's it, Asher! You're released!"" "pg.3

- Jonas was joking around by telling his friends that he will be "released."

Explanation:

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

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