Figures of Speech: Homework

Tell a simile from a metaphor in new lines about a frog and a bog, and say what each comparison shows.

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Part A — Key Words / 4

Type the word that fits each clue.

1.
Words mean exactly what they say, with nothing figured. What word describes that way of speaking?Answer
2.
A comparison of two different things uses the word like or as. What is it?Answer
3.
A comparison says one thing is another, with no like or as. What is it?Answer
4.
A phrase describes one thing in terms of something very different, so it isn't literally true. What is it called?Answer

Short answers. Think about why.

New lines in the frog-and-bog world. Name each one, then fix one.

1.
The bog was a quiet gray blanket after the frog went silent. Simile or metaphor?Answer
2.
The frog puffed up like a balloon at a party. Simile or metaphor?Answer
3.
The old frog sang as loud as a trumpet. Simile or metaphor?Answer
4.
Her whisper to the other Nobody was a secret handshake. Simile or metaphor?Answer
5.
The applause was rain on a tin roof. Which two things are compared?First thingSecond thing
6.
You want to turn the simile The crowd was like a swamp into a metaphor. Which word do you cut?Answer

Answer each one in one sentence. You mark these yourself against the key.

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Notes

Part A — the answers.

Part B — the answers.

Part C — the answers.

Part D — what a good answer includes.

Answers vary. A good answer compares two different things and uses like or as, such as a loud dog compared to a siren, not two things that are alike already.
Answers vary. A good answer says a Somebody is loud and puffed up about himself, croaking his own name, and the audience is no more than a bog.