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What is the correct definition of a metaphor?
What is the correct definition of a metaphor?
- A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
- A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as').
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, but the comparison is not directly stated.
- A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. (correct)
What is the correct example of a simile?
What is the correct example of a simile?
- The clouds were like cotton candy in the sky. (correct)
- The clouds covered the sky in a thick blanket.
- The clouds were fluffy and white in the sky.
- The clouds danced across the sky.
What is the correct definition of personification?
What is the correct definition of personification?
- Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
- Giving human characteristics to non-human things. (correct)
- Describing an object as if it were a person.
- Using a word with a different meaning.
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