Question

The sun can beat down like a hammer is an example of

a) Oxymoron

b) Metaphor

c) Simile

d) Alliteration

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Answer 1

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C) $\small\blue{Simile}$

Answer 2

The sun can beat down like a hammer is an example of simile.

Option C is the correct answer.

The figure of speech used in "The sun can beat down like a hammer" is a Simile.

Because here two different things are compared to each other using "like".

Here, the sun is compared with the hammer using "like".

What are figures of speech?

A figure of speech is a word or phrase that exhibits a different meaning from its literal definition.

let us discuss the figure of speech identified in this sentence.

• Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side(e.g. Pretty ugly, Awfully good ).
• Metaphor: a figure of speech comparing two, unlike things without using like or as. for example, he was a man of an ox.
• simile: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as". for example, He is as tall as a tree.
• Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. for example, Derrick Dunne did dirty deeds.

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