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    The document is a student's analysis of figurative language used in the poem "The Highway Man". The student identifies several examples of metaphor, onomatopoeia, simile, and idiom from the poem. For each example, the student explains what they think the author meant figuratively and how the language impacts the overall mood or meaning of the poem. The analysis shows the student's understanding of different types of figurative language and ability to interpret how such techniques shape the reader's experience of the poem.

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    The document is a student's analysis of figurative language used in the poem "The Highway Man". The student identifies several examples of metaphor, onomatopoeia, simile, and idiom from the poem. For each example, the student explains what they think the author meant figuratively and how the language impacts the overall mood or meaning of the poem. The analysis shows the student's understanding of different types of figurative language and ability to interpret how such techniques shape the reader's experience of the poem.

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    The Highway Man Figurative Language

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    The document is a student's analysis of figurative language used in the poem "The Highway Man". The student identifies several examples of metaphor, onomatopoeia, simile, and idiom from the poem. For each example, the student explains what they think the author meant figuratively and how the language impacts the overall mood or meaning of the poem. The analysis shows the student's understanding of different types of figurative language and ability to interpret how such techniques shape the reader's experience of the poem.

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    Name: Alex Brown Date: March 22, 2010 Block: 1/Honors

    Language Arts Teacher: Mrs. Morrow

    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
    Directions: Use “The Highway Man” To fill in the chart
    Figurative Line From Poem (Copy and What do you think the How does it impact the
    Language Highlight example) author really means? poem’s overall
    meaning/mood?

    Metaphor The moon was a ghostly The moon kept moving in It is dulling the poem’s
    galleon tossed upon cloudy the clouds, just as a boat mood. It saddens it.
    seas. would in the ocean.

    Metaphor They fitted with never a His clothes fit him so tight, It would change the
    wrinkle. there was not a wrinkle meaning of the poem
    because of that. because the reader might
    think that he meant
    business because he was
    dressed so tightly.

    Onomatopoeia Over the cobbles he clattered When he was walking in This would change the
    and clashed in the dark inn- the dark inn- yard he mood because a reader
    yard. made clattering and might think he was a
    clashing sounds as he dangerous person.
    walked over the stones.

    Metaphor Wine-red was his velvet coat. His velvet coat was the This really just adds
    color of red wine. detail to the poem
    overall.

    Onomatopoeia Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! The horses hoofs were This impact’s the poem’s
    galloping. overall mood, because it
    could be a blue coat, or it
    could be someone else.

    Simile Dumb as a dog he listened, and He listened to the robber, This impact’s the poem’s
    he heard the robber say- like a dog listens to a meaning by trying to tell
    person, with no the reader he should learn
    comprehension. what to do in a situation
    like that, and not sit there.
    Name: Alex Brown Date: March 22, 2010 Block: 1/Honors
    Language Arts Teacher: Mrs. Morrow
    Idiom? And he kissed its waves in the He kissed the landlord’s This changes the mood,
    moonlight. daughter’s hair in the because the reader might
    moonlight. relate this back to when it
    describes the moon as a
    ship in the sky.

    Simile Down like a dog on the They shot on the highway This changes the mood,
    highway. just as a dog would go on because now it is more
    the highway and die, he of a funeral sad mood.
    did too. Time doesn’t start again.

    Simile They stretched and strained in It felt like a couple of This changes the mood,
    the darkness, AS THE HOURS years when it was really a because it makes the
    CRAWLED BY LIKE YEARS couple of hours. reader wonder why is it
    going by so slow?

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