Question

1. what is the figurative language for the part of the passage in parentheses "…and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see the depressing (clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky)

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbolism
E. Allusion

Answer 1

B

Explanation: A metaphor is a comparison which is not literally true. It suggests what something is like by comparing it with something else with similar characteristics. For example: 'My brother' is a piglet is a metaphor.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.

The question features a category of metaphor called Nature Metaphors. These are metaphors which utilize naturally occurring elements in the build up of a sentence. Another example of a nature Metaphor is:

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

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