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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: Act 2

Question 1 • CREDIT RECOVERY - ELA 9 - Summer

What is the definition of “apostrophe”?

Answer
A
giving human qualities to an idea or inanimate object
B
a comparison between two unlike things
C
direct address to an inanimate object or deceased person as if it could respond
D
recollection or reference to a memory or past even in the present moment

Explanation

Apostrophe is a literary device in which a speaker directly addresses someone absent, deceased, or something nonhuman as though it could respond. Choice C gives this definition. Giving human qualities to an object is personification, while a comparison between unlike things is a simile or metaphor.

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