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Difficulty: EasyFigurative Language and Tropes

Match each literary excerpt below to the figure of speech (trope) it primarily demonstrates.

  • "The sun was a golden coin shining in the afternoon sky."Metaphor
  • "Her laughter rang across the room like silver bells."Simile
  • "The angry sea crashed violently against the helpless shore."Personification

Answer

The excerpt comparing the sun directly to a golden coin matches Metaphor. The excerpt comparing laughter to silver bells using 'like' matches Simile. The excerpt giving human anger to the sea matches Personification.
Each excerpt matches its corresponding device based on defining features: direct comparison without comparative markers defines metaphor, explicit comparison using 'like' defines simile, and assigning human emotion to nature defines personification.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the first excerpt: 'The sun was a golden coin shining in the afternoon sky.'
Identified a direct comparison between two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.
Direct identification/substitution of one thing for another is a metaphor.
2
Analyze the second excerpt: 'Her laughter rang across the room like silver bells.'
Identified an explicit comparison using the preposition 'like'.
Comparisons using connective words 'like' or 'as' are similes.
3
Analyze the third excerpt: 'The angry sea crashed violently against the helpless shore.'
Identified human qualities ('angry', 'helpless') attributed to natural features.
Giving human characteristics or feelings to non-human elements is personification.

Key Concept

Distinguishing basic tropes: Metaphor (direct comparison), Simile (explicit comparison using like/as), and Personification (attributing human qualities to non-humans).
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Figurative Language and Tropes

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