Writing an Analysis that Compares Two Genres — Unit test

Question 20 • Language Arts 8 - ELA3008 IC

Which sentence from “The Bridge” uses figurative language?

Answer

I respect them and admire them greatly for who they are and what they have accomplished.

So anyway, this afternoon, I was at band practice over at Josh’s house, and we were working on the bridge of this one song, and it was going so superbly well that I lost track of time.

Now, my math tutor, Gil Bradley, was sitting in our living room when I got home, happily eating samosas made by my mother and talking about current events with my oldest sister, who is about his age and is exceptionally pretty.

All day at school, I felt as though the fog that covers the tops of the mountains around our town had settled in my brain.

Explanation

Choice D uses a simile, a type of figurative language, by comparing the speaker’s confused or cloudy thinking to fog that has settled in the brain. The phrase “as though” signals the comparison. The other choices describe people or events more literally.

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