What figurative device is used in the following sentence?

Her eyes were fireflies.

A)

hyperbole

B)

metaphor

C)

personification

D)

simile

Shakespearean sonnet 29 figures of speech

A. Their living room, is painted a bright shiny red. B. Their living room is painted a bright, shiny red. C. Their living room is painted a bright shiny red. D. Their living room is painted, a bright shiny red.

1. The story told in Around the World in Eighty Days is set the year 1873. It is about a man who makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

Which sentence from the introduction paragraph serves as the author's thesis? In the 1800s, the United States was still a very young nation, trying to solidify its identity.

Amit is researching the science behind a new diet. He typed the name of the diet and the word science into a search engine.

Which answer choice does not contain any punctuation errors? A. She mentioned that, grapes can be grown on flat land, hills, along rivers, or atop mountains. B. Eugene mentioned, "In Russia, one day a year is called National Flag Day". C.

Easy question or statement! Give a brief description about which door do you think the man choose. The lady or the tiger.

Use word roots and context clues to determine which word best completes each sentence. Plagiarism is the act of copying a writer's words and claiming them as one's own. I had a sense of when I saw the girl who looked just like her mother used to.

Select the subject and theme of the passage. 1 Theme: Priests do not make good teachers. 2 Theme: Physical punishment is not only painful but also humiliating. 3 Subject: A young boy does his homework but gets it wrong.

Match the meaning to the word part