I know it's a little late ,but I wanted to explain so the figurative language in this sentence is "She looked down at her legs, tall trees shaking in the wind". This is correct because it's comparing her legs to trees. Figurative language is where you compare two things without using like or as. If it uses like or as it's a simile. I hoped this helped so now you can find figurative language on your own =)

Figurative language is not when you compare two things using like or as....what you said here, is a simile, and a simile is also a type of figurative language.

Figurative language is some type of figure of speech. It's something you can use to express comparison between things, it adds clarity to what you are saying, and something many people use in their writing to make it interesting.

Example of figurative languages are....

Simile (comparison between two things using like or as)

Ex: Avery is fast as a lightning bolt.

Metaphor (comparison between two things without using like or as)

Ex: Avery's a lightning bolt.

Personification (giving human characteristics to a non-human thing)

Ex: The tree was dancing in the wind.

Hyperbole (exaggeration of something)

Ex: The feather weighed 1 million pounds

Onomatopoeia (the formation of a word)

Ex: Oink, Meow, Moo, Honk, BOOM

But thx for explaining as well!

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