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English, 28.05.2020 17:59 jamarhroul

Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa.”

But, leathery hands full
of wet brown life,
knee deep in the summer
roadside grass,
he just smiled and said
they have places to go to
too.

"They have places to go to” is an example of

hyperbole.
metaphor.
personification.
simile.

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