Question

"Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856

The quote above is an example of a(n):
A. simile
B. alliteration
C. irony
D. metaphor

Answer 1

D. Metaphor, the writer used "Like" which is an indication of a metaphor.

Answer 2

I think it's a simile because they used the word "like."

Answer 3

No, actually, I KNOW it's a simile because I see the word "like."

Answer 4

thank you! do u know this one
"Language is a road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." -Rita Mae Brown

The quote above is an example of a:
A. alliteration
B. personification
C. simile
D. metaphor

Answer 5

is = metaphor

Answer 6

like = simile

Answer 7

how do u tell personification or alliteration

Answer 8

Personification is when they give.. say you saw a box breathing and talking to you. It's an inanimate object that cant do that.

Alliteration is when there's an occurrence of the same letter or noise, for example
the silver slithering snake

Answer 9

"A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind." -William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

The quote above is an example of a(n):
A. personification
B. simile
C. metaphor
D. alliteration

would this be an alliteration

Answer 10

That Shakespeare line is an example of a metaphor.