Figurative Language Meaning

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Match the figurative language to the literal meaning and the image that best fits.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
“All at once she bloomed.”		The door opened gracefully.
“The taxi door opened like a waiter’s arm.”		The woman’s foot was petite and delicate.
“Out stepped a tiny pink shoe, a foot soft as a rabbit’s ear.”		When she opened the door, her body expanded because she is large woman.
“She sings all the homesick songs about her country in a voice that sounds like a seagull.”		Her voice sounded high- pitched, almost crying in the songs she sang.