Categorize the following examples of figurative language: (Hint: There is 1 example for each category.)

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This is the worst day of my life.

The stars are sparkling diamonds.

Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves.

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky.

The door protested as it opened slowly.

Your explanation is as clear as mud.

The computers at school are old dinosaurs.

He's running faster than the wind.

I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

My heart is like an open highway.

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Metaphor:

My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-[they will say: "but how his arms and legs are thin! "]do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him? my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. o with a bald spot in the middle of my hair[they will say: "how his hair is growing thin! "]and indeed there will be timeto wonder, "do i dare? " and, "do i dare? "

In "i am offering this poem" what does baca's use of the metaphor" so it is a pot full of yellow com/ to warm your belly in the winter" show that he wants for the poems subject?

How does the literature of this period influence future generations of american literature? where have you seen traces of these themes and how were they presented in the other literature you read?