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Read the following quote from a story in the student newspaper:

"Dean Strubler has harassed this student body for the last time," Student Government President Tristan Moore said. "We are just children to him, not adults who can make our own decisions." What does Tristan Moore use to express his thoughts?

Irony
Literal language
Metaphor
Simile

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Yeah its a metaphor.

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Metaphor, adults are being compared to children without the use of like or as.
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