Question

Excerpt from A Trip to the Theater Donn Saylor 7Alexander began to contemplate his own situation with his family; his parents desperately wanted him to attend college and acquire a high-paying job, while he wanted to go to art school and make his living as an artist. Watching the performance, Alexander came to the realization that both he and his parents wanted the same thing: they were all seeking a better quality of life for him, but they had very different blueprints for achieving that goal. As the Youngers’s story unfolded, Alexander knew he needed to have a meaningful conversation with his parents and make his feelings--and his dreams--understood. What device does the author use when he states that Alexander and his family had very different blueprints for achieving his happiness? A) metaphor B) onomatopoeia C) paradox D) personification

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Answer 1

a metaphor

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Answer 2

B) metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to another thing by not directly naming it, but rather using a word or phrase. There is usually a similarity between the word or a phrase used and the idea that is behind it.

When excerpt talks about "different blueprints" for achieving Alexander's happiness, it uses the metaphor of a blueprint instead of direct words that could be idea, plan, concept.

Blueprint is used as a metaphor for an outline of plans for the future that Alexander should take in order to achieve the feeling of happiness.

As blueprint is a form of technical drawing presented on the light-sensitive sheet that drafts the plan of a certain project, it is a good metaphor for the sketched idea each character had in their mind.