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"A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind." -William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

The quote above is an example of a(n):

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

User Lex Lustor
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I think the answer is A. alliteration and B. metaphor
User Mohonish
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The quote is an example of a Metaphor.
Directly comparing words to wind is an example of a metaphor.
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