Function of Simile: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
•15 QuestionsIn the following original drama passage, a high school band director (MS. HART) confronts a talented student (JUNE) who refuses to play a solo at the spring concert. Read the excerpt and answer the question.
MS. HART: June, you can play it.
JUNE: I can. I won’t.
MS. HART: Why?
JUNE: Because everyone will listen.
MS. HART: That’s the idea.
JUNE: No. They’ll listen for the crack.
MS. HART: You’re imagining it.
JUNE: I’m remembering it.
MS. HART: One mistake in seventh grade is not a life sentence.
JUNE: It was for me.
MS. HART: You’re not the same kid.
JUNE: I am when I’m up there.
MS. HART: You’re stronger now.
JUNE: Stronger is just heavier.
MS. HART: (softens) What are you afraid of?
JUNE: That my hands will turn traitor.
MS. HART: They won’t.
JUNE: They will. The stage light hits and my confidence melts like sugar in hot tea.
MS. HART: Then we practice until it doesn’t.
What is the primary function of the bolded simile in June’s dialogue?
In the following original drama passage, a high school band director (MS. HART) confronts a talented student (JUNE) who refuses to play a solo at the spring concert. Read the excerpt and answer the question.
MS. HART: June, you can play it.
JUNE: I can. I won’t.
MS. HART: Why?
JUNE: Because everyone will listen.
MS. HART: That’s the idea.
JUNE: No. They’ll listen for the crack.
MS. HART: You’re imagining it.
JUNE: I’m remembering it.
MS. HART: One mistake in seventh grade is not a life sentence.
JUNE: It was for me.
MS. HART: You’re not the same kid.
JUNE: I am when I’m up there.
MS. HART: You’re stronger now.
JUNE: Stronger is just heavier.
MS. HART: (softens) What are you afraid of?
JUNE: That my hands will turn traitor.
MS. HART: They won’t.
JUNE: They will. The stage light hits and my confidence melts like sugar in hot tea.
MS. HART: Then we practice until it doesn’t.
What is the primary function of the bolded simile in June’s dialogue?