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What literary device does the following excerpt from the story contain? Mr. private knew a gifted student when hesaw one, and Clegg simmons was one smart cookie. a. metaphor b. p…

What literary device does the following excerpt from the story contain? Mr. private knew a gifted student when hesaw one, and Clegg simmons was one smart cookie. a. metaphor b. p…
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What literary device does the following excerpt from the story contain? Mr. private knew a gifted student when hesaw one, and Clegg simmons was one smart cookie.

a. metaphor
b. personification
c. simile
d. allusion

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The writer uses A) metaphor here.
Clegg Simmons isn't really a cookie, it is an expression used to denote somebody really smart.
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