Question

Read the following line and answer the question that follows.

“Tell you about it? Look here, I was a man once. I’m a beast now, and they made me what I am. They chained me up like a wild animal.”

Which figure of speech has been used in the last line of the given excerpt?


Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Personification

Answer 1

Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

The last line of the given excerpt uses the figure of speech, metaphor. In the metaphor, the man compares himself to a beast, saying that they (whoever they are) have made him into a beast.