Question

Examine the photo below and read the caption as it appeared in a 1974 newspaper:

Caption: Motorcycle police escort school buses as they leave South Boston High School at the end of sessions on the second day of court-ordered busing, September 14, 1974. Some buses were stoned, and several arrests were made.

Respond to the following in complete sentences: Identify which of the following examples uses figurative language to describe the image. What makes the example you identified figurative language? Which device is used?

A. The motorcycle police sped through the busy streets of Boston as they escorted the yellow school buses and the brave students to their destinations.

B. As a gardener protects a new plant from a strong storm, the motorcycle police protectively surrounded the line of school buses from the angry bystanders.

Answer 1

Example B uses figurative language to describe the image. The way the police surround the buses to protect those in the buses from bystanders, is being compared to how a gardener would take precautions to protect his plants from a storm. The literary device known as a simile is what is being used in this sentence.

Answer 2

the correct answer is B, because it states that the motorcycle police protects yellow school buses, and it does not clearly state that they are protecting the students inside so it sounds like the buses are in danger of the angry bystanders.