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Which figure of speech is used in the following sentence?

The fog was a wall blocking our view of the mountain.

A.
simile
B.
metaphor
C.
personification
D.
oxymoron

User Wingfire
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Answer:

B. metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence is comparing the fog to a wall without using the terms like and as.

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User Nasreddin
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Answer: B) Metaphor.

Explanation: a metaphor is a figure of speech that consists in making a direct comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, in order to create an image in the reader's mind. The given sentence is a clear example of a metaphor that compares the fog to a wall, without using the words "like" or "as" (otherwise it would be a simile), so the correct answer is the corresponding to option B.

User Dzuelke
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