Question

8. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains. A. metaphor B. hyperbole C. idiom D. simile 9. The fly buzzed past us. A. personification B. simile C. onomatopoeia D. alliteration 10.The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads. A. onomatopoeia B. personification C. simile D. metaphor 11.Charming children chat in the corner. A. alliteration B. personification C. hyperbole D. idiom 12.We had to wait forever! A. metaphor B. hyperbole C. personification D. simile 13. My life is a dream of wonders. A. metaphor B. simile C. personification D. idiom 14.It really burned me up when you yelled at me. A. idiom B. simile C. personification D. alliteration 15.He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes. A. personification B. idiom C. alliteration D. onomatopoeia

Answer 1

Answer:

8. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains. - D. simile

9. The fly buzzed past us. - C. onomatopoeia

10.The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads. - B. personification

11. Charming children chat in the corner.- A. alliteration

12.We had to wait forever!- B. hyperbole

13. My life is a dream of wonders.- A. metaphor

14. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.- A. idiom

15. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.- D. onomatopoeia

Explanation:

8. Simile is a a figurative language that is used in comparing one thing with another thing but from different types. This comparison is made so as to show the similarity of what the thing is to what it is compared to/ with.

In the given sentence, the comparison is between the sun and the rain.

9. Onomatopoeia is the use or construction of the word or phrase from the phonetic sound of the action caused.

In the sentence, the onomatopoeic sound is the word "buzzed" which is the sound that is made by a bee.

10. Personification is the attribution of humanistic qualities to an abstract thought or idea.

In the sentence, the personification is in the characterization of the sunflowers, shown "nodding their yellow heads" like they are human beings.

11. Alliteration is the formation of words with the same letter of the alphabet acting as the first letter of each of the words in succession or close duration.

In the sentence, the alliteration is in the use of the letter "c" in "charming, children, chat, corner".

12. Hyperbole is a figurative language which uses extreme excess, exaggerated words to describe something or anything. This excessive "over the top" use of words in describing anything is mainly to lay an extra emphasis on the issue, though it is normally not to be taken seriously.

In the sentence given, the hyperbole is in the word "forever" which shows that they had to wait a long time which feels like forever.

13. Metaphors are the figure of speech where one thing is applied for an object or thing but which cannot be applicable in reality.

So, by describing his life as a "dream of wonders", the speaker is using metaphor in trying to say how his life is.

14. An idiom is a group of words or phrases that are used to suggest a more deeper meaning to what has been implied.

By the use of the idiom "burned me up", the speaker means that it made him really angry when he was yelled at.

15. Onomatopoeia is the use or construction of the word or phrase from the phonetic sound of the action caused.

S, the onomatopoeic words in the sentence are "clattered" and "clanged", which are the sounds made by the dishes that are being washed.

Answer 2

Answer:

8.) Simile.

9.) Onomatopoeia.

10.) Personification.

11.) Alliteration.

12.) Hyperbole.

13.) Metaphor.

14.) Idiom.

15.) Onomatopoeia.

Explanation:

8.) Uses "Like" when comparing the rain to the sun.

9.) Uses a 'sound' word, Buzz.

10.) Sunflowers don't have heads like humans, so they can't nod.

11.) 'CH' is the first sound of each word.

12.) Exaggeration.

13.) Comparing your life to a dream, without using 'like' or 'as'.

14.) Meaning something different than what is actually being sad.

15.) Uses 'sound' words, "clatter" and "clang".