Question

I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice.

-Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964
Which literary device does King use in this passage?
A.Hyperbole
B.Personification
C.Metaphor
D.Generalization

Answer 1

C. Metaphor - long night of racial injustice APEX

Answer 2

Personification !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!