Match the example to the word. 1. the bread of the hyperbole 2. my tears have washed away the earth. simile 3. what happens to a dream deferred?

1.metonymy

2. Hyperbole

3. Simile

Explanation:

1. The bread of the land-metonymy

2. My tears have washed away the earth- Hyperbole.

3. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?- Simile.

metonymy: Is the replacement of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

An hyperbole is simply a figure of speech that has to do with exaggeration on what is seemingly impossible to be done or occur eg. i am so hungry that in can eat a horse, i have a million things to do today

Simile has to do with comparison of one thing with another that are different. example:

as fast as a dare

As wise as Solomon

countries such as spain, france and portugal colonized the region. although most of latin america was colonized by spain, the countries of portugal and france also had major influences on the region. due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.