Practice Questions

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

giving human attributes to nonhuman things
ie. the trees whistled in the wind

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

comparison of two unlike objects without using “like” or “as”

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

comparing two unlike objects using “like” or “as”

Question 4

Your words are music to my ears
* what type of sentence is this an example of?

Answer 4

metaphor

Question 5

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?

Answer 5

simile

Question 6

The trees whilsted in the wind
* What type of sentence is this?

Answer 6

personification