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captainjonesify

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on: Jul 15, 2018
Giving a non-human object human or animal like characteristics is an example of a ____.:
 
  a. Simile
 b. Metaphor
 c. Personification
  d. Irony

Question 2

A writer who compares two dissimilar people, places, things, or ideas as a descriptive techniquefor example, hate is a sharp thorn on the stem of a rose, is using a ____.
 
  a. Simile
 b. Metaphor
 c. Personification
  d. Irony


pallen55

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c
RATIONALE: The explanation is in the answer . . . it is self-explanatory.

Answer to Question 2

b
RATIONALE: The explanation is in the answer . . . it is self-explanatory.


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