by Alexander
1I had hoped that by the end of the trip, I wouldn’t have to write any more blog posts. 2Apparently I was wrong– My dad is making me write one more for the one year anniversary of our return home. 3I could argue that this is a waste of my time. 4I am stuck on a plane, and I could be finishing my summer reading, on which I’ve certainly procrastinated, or I could finish an SSAT practice test I’ve already started, or I could just be watching a movie… all of which I probably should have done more of this summer. 5But no. 6Here I am, sitting in seat 34C of American Airlines flight 943, giving myself a taste of the past.
7You know, it’s a pain to have to take the SSAT, so to give you the agony of how I feel… in the middle of my own practice test: 8Here’s a practice SSAT for you (That means it doesn’t count.).
1. What is the literary device used in sentence 6 of the passage?
(A) Hyperbole
(B) Alliteration
(C) Personification
(D) Synesthesia
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