Identify literary devices in sentences: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification.

Here's the solution to each question with a clear explanation:

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1. The raindrops danced along the window pane.

✔ Correct Answer: b. Personification

🔹 Explanation:
Personification is when human qualities or actions are given to non-human things (objects, animals, nature, etc.). In this sentence, “raindrops” (which are inanimate) are said to “danced” — a human action. This gives them human-like behavior, so it’s personification.

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2. The wooden table is as solid as rock.

✔ Correct Answer: a. Simile

🔹 Explanation:
A simile compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Here, the table is compared to rock using “as solid as,” which directly fits the definition of a simile.

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3. I am so busy, I have a million things to do.

✔ Correct Answer: d. Hyperbole

🔹 Explanation:
Hyperbole is an obvious and intentional exaggeration for emphasis or effect — not meant to be taken literally. Saying you have “a million things to do” is clearly an exaggeration to express being extremely busy. So, this is hyperbole.

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4. The streetlight was my security guard.

✔ Correct Answer: b. Metaphor

🔹 Explanation:
A metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things *without* using “like” or “as.” Here, the streetlight is directly called a “security guard,” implying it provides safety or protection — even though it’s not literally a person. This is a metaphor.

> ⚠️ Note: Some might confuse this with personification, but personification would involve giving the streetlight human actions (e.g., “The streetlight watched over me”). Here, it’s being *called* something else — that’s metaphor.

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✔ Final Answers:

1. b. Personification
2. a. Simile
3. d. Hyperbole
4. b. Metaphor

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