Match the figurative language with its example. (2 points)

extended metaphor
metaphor
simile
personification
:: The sun winks and sends dappled light through forest's trees.
:: An entire section of a story compares how people move in a crowd to ants crawling through sand.
:: My life is a tree beginning from a seed.
:: The man's hair was as white as a snow-covered mountain.

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Here are the matches for the figurative language with their examples:

  • Extended metaphor: An entire section of a story compares how people move in a crowd to ants crawling through sand.
  • Metaphor: My life is a tree beginning from a seed.
  • Simile: The man's hair was as white as a snow-covered mountain.
  • Personification: The sun winks and sends dappled light through forest's trees.