Excerpt from dombey and son
charles dickens
dombey sat in the comer of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and son lay tucked up warm in a little
basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were
analogous to that of a multin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. dombey was about eight and
forty years of age. son about eight-and-forty minutes dombey was rather bald, rather red, and though a handsome well-made
man, too stem and pompous in appearance to be prepossessing son was very bald, and very red, and though (of course) an
undeniably fine infant, somewhat crushed and spotty in his general effect, as yet. on the brow of dombey. time and his
brother care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time-remorseless twins they are for striding
through their human forests, notching as they go-while the countenance of son was crossed with a thousand little creuses.
which the same deceitful time would take delight in smoothing out and wearing away with the flat part of his scythe, as a
preparation of the surface for his deeper operations
how does the author use figurative language in paragraph one?
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the use of a metaphor compares the father with the son
the use of hyperbole exagerates the ages of father and son
the use of personification gives time and care human qualities
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the use of an idiom shows the passage actually isnt about a baby.

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

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doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."

i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and walked in with his head held high.

1. he leaned on the wall and observed me carefully.

2. his harsh scrutiny made me self-conscious of my skills in the lab.

3. perhaps it was just me, but the air in the laboratory began to thicken as i found myself having difficulty to breathe.

4. i turned to look at him fully as i mentally prepared myself for what my very first words would be to thomas edison.

5. the next couple of seconds shocked me. it wasn't me who spoke, but rather him and with diction i could never think of using in a simple sentence.

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