Match each element of figurative language with its example from kate chopin's "the storm.
metaphor
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simile
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imagery
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idiom
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personification
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symbolism
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hyperbole
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flashback
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foreshadowing
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a.
they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life's mystery.
b.
adjoining was her bed door stood open.
c.
if this keeps up, dieu sait if the levee's goin' to stan it!
d.
then he returned to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly (unemotionally), holding the can of shrimps while the storm burst.
e.
if she was not an immaculate (perfect) dove in those days, she was still inviolate (untouched).
f.
the rain was coming down in sheets, obscuring (blocking) the view of far-off cabins and enveloping the distant wood in a gray mist.
g.
oh! she remembered; for in assumption he had kissed her and kissed and kissed her; until his senses would well nigh fail, and to save her he would resort to a desperate flight.
h.
somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention.
i.
her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seeds.
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