1.Bryce is reading a passage from his favorite story. He finds the story humorous because of the deliberate exaggeration. The writer describes people, things, or events as if they were much greater than they really are. Which literary device is the author using?
c. hyperbole
In literature, hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing in an exaggerated manner (deliberately) used to emphasize, to add humor or to gain attention on something. This is what the author is using when they describe people, things, or events as if they were much greater than they really are.
2.What is an extended metaphor?
b. a metaphor that sustains the comparison for several lines, or for an entire poem
A metaphor is a figure of speech that asserts that one element (person, animal, thing, quality, event, etc.) is similar to another element that in reality, or literally speaking, are not related in any way. An extended metaphor is one developed over the course of a poem or throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph.
3.Read the passage. William and I love to play board games. But he is such a clever fox that he always wins! Which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?
a. metaphor
When the speaker directly compares William to a clever fox, without the use of the words “like” and “as” he or she is using a metaphor. Metaphors are figures of speech that uses comparison to describe, aiming to give readers new insight and make ideas more memorable.
