Question

John is extremely social. Whenever we go to parties together, he flies from person to person, busily making friends with everyone. Which figure of speech, or literary device, is the author using in the passage? A. personification B.simile C. allusion D. impiled metaphor

Answer 1

The figure of speech used in the passage is an implied metaphor, drawing a comparison between John's social behavior and the movement of a bee or butterfly among flowers without stating it outright.

Step-by-step explanation:

The literary device used by the author in the passage is implied metaphor. An implied metaphor does not directly state that one thing is another, but instead suggests a comparison without using 'like' or 'as', which are characteristic of similes. In the given excerpt, John is described as 'flying from person to person, busily making friends with everyone,' suggesting a comparison to a bee or a butterfly without explicitly stating it. This is a comparison of John's social behavior to the way a bee or butterfly might move quickly from flower to flower.

Answer 2

I think it is allusion because John isn’t really flying, but it puts a picture in your head of what he may be doing. None of the answers would make sense because:
personification is applying human qualities to an inhuman object. similes are comparisons using like or as. implied metaphors are comparisons that say something is something else that need to be implied.