Questions:
1) He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
Answer: The correct answer is option: C) Metaphor.
Explanation: A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses a rhetorical effect. It refers to one thing by mentioning another. In this sentence, ''he'' is being referred to as ''all pine.'' and ''I'' is being referred to as ''apple orchard.''
2) Mothers weeping, virgins screaming vainly for their slaughtered sires.
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
Answer: The correct answer is: A) Alliteration
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Explanation: Alliteration is the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds, using closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled in a different manner. In this sentence, we can identify the use of alliteration because of ''virgins'' with ''vainly'' and ''screaming'' with ''slaughtered.'' It uses repetition of identical initial consonant sounds.
3) There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail.
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
Answer: The correct answer is: D) Personification.
Explanation: Personification gives human characteristics to something that is not human. In this sentence, we can see the use of personification because the vessel is considered a ''her'' and it is puffing her sail.
4) Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
Answer: The correct answer is option: B) Simile
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Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech. It compares one thing with another thing of a different kind. It is used to make a more vivid description. In this sentence we can see that it mentions the comparison ''like''. The words ''like'' and ''as'' are used in similes to compare.
