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what type of figurative language is being used in the example? " The goalkeeper was a rock and refused to let other team score"

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B- Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. The goalkeeper is a rock, the metaphor is him mentioning the rock.

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I believe they’re using a metaphor here, as the goal keeper can not literally be a rock.
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