Asked by Cassidy
What type of figurative language appears in the following sentence?
The computer moaned and groaned as it rendered the large video file.
A. Simile <--- my answer
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbol
I chose A because the sentence uses "as", but I'm not sure that correct.
The computer moaned and groaned as it rendered the large video file.
A. Simile <--- my answer
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbol
I chose A because the sentence uses "as", but I'm not sure that correct.
Answers
Answered by
Writeacher
No.
The mere presence of "as" or "like" does not automatically indicate simile.
Look up the four possibilities here:
http://literary-devices.com/
Let me know what you decide.
The mere presence of "as" or "like" does not automatically indicate simile.
Look up the four possibilities here:
http://literary-devices.com/
Let me know what you decide.
Answered by
Cassidy
@Writeacher so it would be personification? The computer is non-human making human noises?
Answered by
420blazeit
B. Personification because the computer is making human noises.
Answered by
🍦ice cream🍦
um that's C. personification
Answered by
mathwhiz
metaphor
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