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What type of figurative language is barking​

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Well can you give me a sentence to give you an accurate answer because if you mean like the sound “woof” it’s an onomatopoeia but if it’s like “the wind howled” it’s personification.
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Barking, or the simple sound "Bark Bark" of the dog is a Onomatopoeia: a word designed to be an imitation of a sound.

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