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In the following excerpts, identify where certain types of

figurative language have been used.
1. Euphemism, personification, colloquial language, hyperbole,
rhetorical question.
Whatta ya reckon youngun, nice lookin batch of gents? said Darcy.
Darcy always called maggots, gents. It was the polite term.
Gents were Darcys passion. Ever since he retired, about two hundred
years ago, hed been breeding them. He sold them to the campers fifty
for a dollar. Darcys gents were famous guaranteed to catch a feed of
fish, or money back.
What do the silly old buggers do when they retire? hed ask, and then
hed answer his own question. Ill tell you what they do, youngun (p.
46)
2. Simile, personification, euphemism.
No, Im telling you. Theyll be all over us like a rash.
Mate, youve already got a rash.
Pickles had the munga. Real bad. The munga, in case you dont know,
is a fungus. It grows in warm damp places. Like Pickles groin. He was
always scratching at his munga. Pickles, we used to say, why dontcha
buy some cream, get rid of that filthy munga? But he never did
anything about it. He enjoyed the company, I reckon. (p. 59)
3. Clich, colloquial language, simile, irony.
Have a feed of prawns with us and a beer wont ya, Gwen? said
Shirl, lighting up a ciggie.
Yes, Id love that, said Mum.
She was lying.
Shirl and Mick hardly ever came to the footy but when they did, they
didnt muck about, they made a big day of it. Mick set up two deck chairs
in the front of the car, just behind the boundary line. He struggled by with
an enormous esky. He put it between the two chairs. Then they both sat
down. Mick fished two stubbies out of the esky. He handed one to Shirl. In
perfect unison, like synchronised swimmers, they tore the tops off, raised
the stubbies to their mouths, and took a sip. (p. 96)