General Information
Related Benchmarks:
LA.8.2.1.7
Reporting Category: Literary Analysis
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
The sample item below is based on ShackletonsEpicVoyage.pdf
Read this excerpt from the passage.
The James Caird was the biggest of the ship’s boats. Even so she looked pitifully small to face the great grey seas of the southern ocean.
Which literary device is used in the excerpt above?
Answer Options:
A. hyperbole, exaggerating the size of the boat
B. metaphor, representing the boat as a body of water
C. personification, attributing human characteristics to the boat
D. simile, comparing the appearance of the boat to the color of the ocean
Answer Key:
C
Item Context:
Figurative Language