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yawned
Yawning is applied to the town.
Class 8 · English Medium · Cambridge · English
Vocabulary and language in context
Identify figurative language and explain its effect.
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Personification gives a nonhuman thing a human action or quality. A metaphor presents one thing as another to invite a comparison. Naming a device is only the start: explain which words create the effect in this context.
Worked example
“The tired town yawned into morning” personifies the town. It suggests slow awakening rather than claiming that buildings literally yawn.
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decision
Decision names the act or result.
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infer
Readers infer; a speaker or text may imply.
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It presents moving lights as a flowing mass, suggesting continuous traffic.
Connect the image with movement and context.
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A shaded courtyard with quiet benches.
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Annotate three original images and explain their effects without treating names of devices as analysis.
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