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bleu
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What kind of figurative language is this?

"She...picked up a shoe, and whammed it through a plane of glass... Glass tinkled into the bedroom..."

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Posted by bleu on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM and tagged with figurative language, literature, the night the ghost got in.

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  1. luannw Teacher
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    The line most closely resembles imagery which is language that appeals to the senses.  "Tinkled" could be described as an example of onomatopoeia, which is the use of a word that sounds like what it means since "tinkled" does resemble the sound of broken glass falling somewhat.  The phrase could also be classified as personification since it seems to be giving the quality of glass moving on its own - a human quality - to the glass itself.

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    Posted by luannw on Wednesday September 30, 2009 at 8:07 AM