Question

4.Name the poetic device used in the line "And the little yellow dog was sharp as mustard". Single choice.

A) Oxymoron
B) metaphor
C) Assonance
D) Simile​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer =

Simile

because the comparison was done by using word " like "

Answer 2

D). Simile

The poetic device simile is used in the line "And the little dog was sharp as mustard".

• This line has been taken from the poem The Tale of Custard the Dragon, written by Frederic Ogden Nash.
• This line is used in the second stanza of the poem, where the dog is compared to mustard "And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard".
• The poetic device simile is used in the poem to compare the subject to another object or subject.