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Read the following line and answer the given questions.

We can’t all be ‘captains’ we have got to be the crew, there is something
for all of us here.
a. Which figurative device is used in this line?
b. Why does the speaker say. “We all can’t be captains”?
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A) The figurative device used is metaphor.

B) “We all can’t be captains” means that not everybody can be the center of attention and get all of the credit for something that others did.
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