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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

allusion
allusion

metaphor
metaphor

simile
simile

hyperbole
hyperbole

1 answer

The two correct answers that represent the figurative language used in the paragraph are:

  • simile (as seen in "as beautiful as a summer sunset")
  • hyperbole (implied in "the prettiest butterfly I’d ever seen in my life" and "absolutely gorgeous")

So, the responses are "simile" and "hyperbole."