TCAP Grade 6 ELA Practice Questions - Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Grade 6 English Language Arts Exam

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Read the lines from the poem 'Echoes of the River': 'The river hums a lullaby at night, Sliding softly under pale moonlight, It whispers secrets to the sleeping trees, And dances lightly with the evening breeze.' Which figurative language technique is used throughout these lines?

Hyperbole, by exaggerating the length of the river across miles. Simile, by comparing the river to a highway using the word 'like'. Irony, by describing a storm when the weather is clear. Personification, by giving human qualities like humming, whispering, and dancing to the river.

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Personification, by giving human qualities like humming, whispering, and dancing to the river.

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