Question

Use the paragraph to complete the activity.

Melanie walked out onto the stage, and her stomach dropped like a free-falling elevator. She crept slowly over to the podium and bent the microphone toward her mouth, like the straw in her pink lemonade. She gathered up all of her courage and began to speak, her voice an impostor as it boomed through the microphone. She flinched at its unfamiliarity and scanned the room for her mother's face.

In in four to five sentences, identify two examples of figurative language from the passage above and explain what each example of figurative language means.

(4 points)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

One example of figurative language in the passage is the simile "her stomach dropped like a free-falling elevator." This comparison suggests that Melanie felt a sudden rush of nervousness or anxiety, as if her stomach was rapidly descending. Another example is the metaphor "her voice an impostor as it boomed through the microphone." This metaphor compares Melanie's voice to an impostor, implying that her voice felt unfamiliar or different than usual when amplified by the microphone.