Weathering the Storm at Ersama
The passage doesn't heavily rely on figurative language. Instead, it predominantly describes a series of events and emotions quite literally. However, there are a few instances of figurative language or descriptive elements in the text: "A raging, deadly, brown sheet of water covered everything as far as the eye could see": Here, the description of the water as a "raging, deadly, brown sheet" uses figurative language to emphasize the destructive and dangerous nature of the flood. "They had to push away many human bodies — men, women, children — and carcasses of dogs, goats, and cattle that the current swept against them as they moved ahead": This uses figurative language to vividly describe the gruesome scene of bodies and animal carcasses being carried by the flood. "He equipped himself with a long, sturdy stick, and then started on his eighteen-kilometer expedition back to his village through the swollen floodwaters": The use of "expe...