MB ELA 40S Practice Questions - Manitoba Grade 12 English Language Arts Standards Test (ELA 40S) Exam

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Read the sentence. "The old ferry groaned against the dock, a tired beast settling in for the night." Calling the ferry "a tired beast" is an example of which literary device?

A simile, because it compares the ferry using 'like' A metaphor, because it directly describes the ferry as a living creature A hyperbole, because it exaggerates the ferry's size An allusion, because it refers to a well-known story

Correct Answer:

A metaphor, because it directly describes the ferry as a living creature

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