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Coimbra1970 Posted 10 years ago
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Literary Analysis: Tall Tale and Myth
Read this passage. Then, answer the question(s).
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of lightning, slip without a scratch down a honey locust, can whip my weight in wildcats.
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Which of these literary elements is illustrated by the phrase "slip without a scratch down a honey locust"?
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. metaphor
D. allusion
I put c but not sure again
Read this passage. Then, answer the question(s).
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of lightning, slip without a scratch down a honey locust, can whip my weight in wildcats.
11.
Which of these literary elements is illustrated by the phrase "slip without a scratch down a honey locust"?
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. metaphor
D. allusion
I put c but not sure again
Top answer
When you say a man is half-horse, half alligator and can ride on lightning, isn't there a tiny bit of exaggeration?
- When you say a man is half-horse, half alligator and can ride on lightning, isn't there a tiny bit of exaggeration?
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When you say a man is half-horse, half alligator and can ride on lightning, isn't there a tiny bit of exaggeration?
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