English-2
Grade-7
Easy
Question
Which poetic device is demonstrated below?
Life is a roller coaster.
It has its ups and downs.
Sometimes the ride is fun.
Other times the ride has been scary.
- Simile
- Extended metaphor
- Cinquain
- Hyperbole
Hint:
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
The correct answer is: Extended metaphor
The given lines help compare the good and bad times in life to the ups and downs in a roller coaster ride, extending it over multiple lines- thus demonstrating extended metaphor. Therefore the correct answer is option b.
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