Question

Read the following excerpt from “Our Schools are a Scandal” by Kyle Crichton:


The teachers reply that they have the most nerve-racking job ever invented, battling as many as forty little demons (it is now said to be sixty in some classrooms) who are either actively sadistic or have adopted a manner of silent resistance that defies a grain for learning to pierce their craniums.


What type of figurative language did the author use to describe students?


hyperbole


simile


personification


metaphor

Answer 1

The author used metaphors. Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

The type of figurative language the author used to describe students is the Simile.

What is a simile?

Simile is "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 (e.g. as brave as a lion )".

The type of figurative language the author used to describe students is the simile because the author compared the students with little demons using the word "as". It cannot be a metaphor because students "are" not demons but they are "as" demons.

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