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Read the excerpt. From “Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers– That perches in the soul– And sings the tune without the words– And never stops—at all– What kind of figurative language is used? personification metaphor sensory language simile

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Metaphor because it uses the word is instead of like or as and it couldn't be sensory language because it doesn't describe anything that really helps me feel or hear anything
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Answer: B) Metaphor.

Step-by-step explanation: a metaphor is a figure of speech that consists in making a direct comparison (without using the words "like" or "as") between elements that aren't obviously related, in order to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given excerpt from "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson, we can see an example of a metaphor that compares hope to a bird (a thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings).

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