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Which figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: 'Her smile is as bright as the sun'?
Which figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: 'Her smile is as bright as the sun'?
- Simile (correct)
- Irony
- Metaphor
- Personification
What figurative language device is being used in the phrase: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
What figurative language device is being used in the phrase: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
- Repetition (correct)
- Allusion
- Alliteration
- Hyperbole
What figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: 'His voice was a thunderous roar'?
What figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: 'His voice was a thunderous roar'?
- Hyperbole (correct)
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Simile
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Figurative Language Devices
- The sentence 'Her smile is as bright as the sun' uses the figurative language device of simile, which compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
- The phrase 'The wind whispered through the trees' uses the figurative language device of personification, which gives human-like qualities to non-human entities, in this case, the wind.
- The sentence 'His voice was a thunderous roar' uses the figurative language device of metaphor, which compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
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