General Information
Related Benchmarks:
LA.7.2.1.7
Reporting Category: Literary Analysis
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
The sample item below is based on PoppaAndTheSpruceTree.pdf
Read this sentence from the essay.
We came home from the store that night to find the spruce pulled almost totally from the ground and flung forward, its mighty nose bent in the asphalt of the street.
Which literary device does the author use in the sentence above?
Answer Options:
A. simile, comparing the tree to asphalt
B. metaphor, representing the tree as a roadway
C. personification, giving the tree human qualities
D. hyperbole, exaggerating the condition of the tree
B. metaphor, representing the tree as a roadway
C. personification, giving the tree human qualities
D. hyperbole, exaggerating the condition of the tree
Answer Key:
C
Item Context:
Figurative Language