Question

I climbed through the woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness,

"Evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of:
a.
metaphor
b.
simile
c.
alliteration
d.
onomatopoeia

Answer 1

"Evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of a. Metaphor

Answer 2

"Evil air, a frost-making stillness" is an example of a. metaphor.

Step-by-step explanation:

A metaphor is a literary device used to describe an action or object in a way that is not really true or literal by introducing an implied comparison. This figure of speech defines an object or idea -in this case air and stillness- by suggesting a likeness or analogy with another -evil and frost-making- that are usually unrelated.