Question

Lourdes hadn’t bothered to study for the essay exam, joking that her motto was "fake it ‘til you make it." Now, as she stared in horror at the test booklet, the blank pages were doing the laughing, knowing she had no answers. What kind of figurative language is used? personification simile metaphor hyperbole

Answer 1

The figurative language described in the text is personification, as it depicts the blank pages as 'laughing'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The figurative language used in the provided text is personification. The blank pages are described as laughing, which is a human action attributed to an inanimate object. This is meant to enhance the description and convey the character's feelings of despair and hopelessness more vividly to the reader. In contrast, a simile would use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, a metaphor makes a direct comparison, and hyperbole would be an exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally.

Answer 2

personification

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification is when you apply things humans do to non human objects, Including animals too. It's like when you say "the waterfall yelled loudly" as if it were a human, but it's just a figure of speech. The test booklet was laughing? That's something humans do applied to a non-human, so it's personification.

Similes are when you use "like" or "as" to compare things to others. For example: "His voice was just like a lion roaring." The passage didn't use "like" or "as" to compare anything, so it's not simile.

Metaphors are just like similes but they don't use "like" or "as." For example: "His voice was a lion roaring." The passage wasn't comparing the test booklet to anything, so it's not metaphors.

Hyperboles are when you use extreme exaggeration to prove a point. For example: "His voice was like a thousand lions roaring." There can't possibly be a thousand lions roaring at the same time, which is an exaggeration, so it's hyperbole. The passage didn't exaggerate anything about the test booklet, so it's not hyperbole.

The answer was personification. Giving humans attributes to non-human things.