Question

Place a checkmark next to each device used in the sentence: "The clouds growled and spit rain on us all evening, making us scatter like roaches into our apartments."

Answer 1

In the sentence, 'The clouds growled and spit rain on us all evening, making us scatter like roaches into our apartments,' the devices used are personification and simile.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the sentence, 'The clouds growled and spit rain on us all evening, making us scatter like roaches into our apartments,' the devices used are personification and simile.

Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-living things, and in this sentence, the clouds are personified by growling. Simile is the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as,' and in this sentence, the scatter of the people is compared to the way roaches scatter using the simile 'like roaches.'

So, the devices used in this sentence are personification and simile.