Question: I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid
Read the passage.
(1) The night's ribbon of lights amazed onlookers. (2) On that clear August night, stars hurled themselves across the sky. (3) They created streaks of temporary light, like glowsticks held by toddlers. (4) In the silence, the only sound that could be heard was from a group of crickets.
Which sentence from the passage does NOT contain figurative language?
A. sentence 1
B. sentence 2
C. sentence 3
D. sentence 4
1. The problem asks us to identify which sentence in the passage does NOT contain figurative language.
2. Figurative language includes similes, metaphors, personification, and other figures of speech that describe something in a non-literal way.
3. Sentence 1: "The night's ribbon of lights amazed onlookers." Here, "ribbon of lights" is a metaphor comparing lights to a ribbon, which is figurative language.
4. Sentence 2: "stars hurled themselves across the sky." This is personification because stars cannot literally "hurl themselves," so this is figurative language.
5. Sentence 3: "They created streaks of temporary light, like glowsticks held by toddlers." This uses a simile "like glowsticks held by toddlers," which is figurative language.
6. Sentence 4: "In the silence, the only sound that could be heard was from a group of crickets." This is a literal statement describing actual sounds, with no figurative language.
7. Therefore, the sentence that does NOT contain figurative language is sentence 4.
Final answer: D. sentence 4