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Read these lines from the poem “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes. Which figure of speech is used in the bold line of the poem? LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD That cannot fly. A. alliteration B. metaphor C. simile
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Read these lines from the poem “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes.
Which figure of speech is used in the bold line of the poem?
LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD
That cannot fly.
A.
alliteration
B.
metaphor
C.
simile
D.
onomatopoeia
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A metaphor is using a comparison without using "like' or "as"
We see here that Hughes is comparing life to a bird with out wings.
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The answer is metaphor. It's close to a simile, but does not use like or as.
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