Question

section 2 examples directions: read the following examples of figurative language. identify the poetic device that is most clearly being used. choose the best answer. shade in the appropriate bubble on your scantron form. 13 when you, my dear, are away, away. how wearily goes the day a year drags after morning, and night starts another year a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. irony d. simile e. hyperbole 14. chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action. a. enjambment b. metaphor c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. repetition 15 gracefully she sat down sideways, with a simper smile a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification e. alliteration 16. drip—hiss—drip—hiss— fall the raindrops/ a. metaphor b. hyperbole c. personification d. onomatopoeia e. simile 17. the fountain tossed its water, up and up, like silver marbles. a. simile b. hyperbole c. rhyme d. metaphor e. idiom 18. falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along; weret not for laughing, i should pity him. a. rhyme b. personification c. simile d. metaphor e. hyperb 19. lives of great men remind us we can make our lives sublime; and, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time. a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. personification e. hyp 20. his sorrow goes / like mountain snows / in waters sweet and clear, a. simile b. hyperbole c. metaphor d. onomatopoeia e. r 21. the tear - drop trickled to his chin: / there was a meaning in her grin a. hyperbole b. rhyme c. repetition d. simile e the rest of question 21 and subsequent questions are partially visible, but the ocr text for the visible part is included as above

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Answer:

e. hyperbole
c. simile
e. alliteration
d. onomatopoeia
a. simile
e. hyperbole
b. metaphor
a. simile