Question

Match each sentence to the correct literary device.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. C

Explanation:

Homonym is a word that is spelled the same or sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning.

Time flies like an arrow (flies= verb to fly/ like= as an arrow)

Fruit flies like a banana. (flies= insect/ like=verb to like)

Answer:

2. A

Explanation:

Homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another but has a different meaning or spelling.

She mixed the flour , while sniffing the flower . (flour/flower)

Answer:

3. B

Explanation:

Pun is a humorous use of a word that has several meanings or sounds like another word.

A horse is a very stable animal. Stable (adjective: very firmly fixed) Stable (noun: a building in which horses are kept; a group of racehorses)

Answer 2

1) A  She mixed flour, while sniffing flower
2) C Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana
3) B A horse is a very stable animal