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Casey At The Bat Figurative Language

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Many times, authors use special tactics in their writings to get their point across to the reader. In the story "Casey at the Bat", the author uses humor to express himself. Throughout this story there are countless examples of this. A way that he does this is by stating , "five-thousand tongues applauded." This can be considered humorous because it's personification, imaginary, and your tongue can't really applaud. He carries forward with this tactic by saying things like, "Kill him! Kill the umpire!" as well as "Now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow." These are humorous since they are a form of figurative language and they don't mean the what they're stating literally. When he said the air was "shattered"
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