Question

In Frank O'Hara's "Steps," the lines "How funny you are today New York/ like Ginger

Roberts in Swingtime" are an example of which literary device(s)?
allusion
O personification
O simile
All answers are correct

Answer 1

The lines in Frank O'Hara's "Steps" are an example of a simile.

Step-by-step explanation:

The lines "How funny you are today New York like Ginger Roberts in Swingtime" in Frank O'Hara's "Steps" are an example of simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as". In this case, the speaker is comparing New York to Ginger Roberts in the film Swingtime to express how amusing and entertaining New York is.

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