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Identify the type of figurative language of the following quote. Then, explain how you know its type.

“I felt like someone had pulled all my teeth out with a pair of rusty pliers.” (page 45)

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This type of figurative language is a Metaphor. The quote here uses the word “like” to compare the negative feeling of teeth being pulled out by a rusty pair of pliers, to whatever they aren’t enjoying.
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