Practice Questions Flashcards
1
Q
Personification
A
giving human attributes to nonhuman things
ie. the trees whistled in the wind
2
Q
Metaphor
A
comparison of two unlike objects without using “like” or “as”
3
Q
Simile
A
comparing two unlike objects using “like” or “as”
4
Q
Your words are music to my ears
* what type of sentence is this an example of?
A
metaphor
5
Q
The football player is like a rock
The surgeon’s hands are as steady as a 50 year marriage
* What type of sentences are these?
A
simile
6
Q
The trees whilsted in the wind
* What type of sentence is this?
A
personification
