English, 30.03.2021 19:20, klpatrick853

Read the following six sentences. State the type of figurative language used, and give the literal meaning of each. 1. Mary talked to her son about girls as though she were giving him tax advice.
2. I can smell pizza from a mile away.
3. The buses can be impatient in this town.
4. Her eyes are fireflies when she talks about ballet.
5. Keith drank from a bottomless glass of orange juice.
6. Lynda's cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star.

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