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Use the paragraph below to answer the question.

While I was walking home from school yesterday, I saw the prettiest butterfly I’d ever seen in my life. The creature was as beautiful as a summer sunset. I couldn’t stop staring as it danced across the lawn. It was absolutely gorgeous!

Which type of figurative language is used in this paragraph? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

personification
personification

metaphor
metaphor

allusion
allusion

hyperbole
hyperbole

simile
simile

1 answer

The two correct answers for the type of figurative language used in the paragraph are:

  • simile (as it compares the butterfly's beauty to a summer sunset using "as")
  • hyperbole (as the expression "the prettiest butterfly I’d ever seen in my life" is an exaggeration)

So, the correct selections are simile and hyperbole.