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Read the poem.

Mom and Me

A light in the darkness

My mom is to me,

A shining example

Of who I hope to be.



Her laugh is my sunshine

On the dreariest of days.

She makes my life joyous

In uncountable ways.



When a rain cloud of problems

Darkens my view,

We sit down together

And work them all through.



If one of life’s stop signs

Makes me slam on the brakes,

She’ll help me keep cruising

Whatever it takes.



She says life is a circus,

A show with three rings.

And with daring and caring

We’ll do wonderful things.



My mom is a constant;

A river that flows.

And wherever I may be

That is where her heart goes.



Question
Which lines from the poem create a metaphor?
pick one correct answer.

"If one of life’s stop signs / Makes me slam on the brakes,"
"If one of life’s stop signs / Makes me slam on the brakes,"

"And with daring and caring / We’ll do wonderful things."
"And with daring and caring / We’ll do wonderful things."

"A shining example / Of who I hope to be."
"A shining example / Of who I hope to be."

"And wherever I may be / That is where her heart goes."
"And wherever I may be / That is where her heart goes."

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Final answer:

In the poem 'Mom and Me,' the metaphor is found in the lines 'A shining example / Of who I hope to be.' which equate the mother to an inspirational role model. for example In her poem “Dead Stars,” Ada Limón uses metaphor to compare humans on Earth to the constellations above.

Step-by-step explanation:

The lines from the poem Mom and Me that create a metaphor are "A shining example / Of who I hope to be." In these lines, the poet uses a metaphor by equating the mother to a 'shining example,' implying that the mother embodies the qualities and characteristics that the speaker aspires to have, without using words like 'as' or 'like' which would indicate a simile. This metaphor invites readers to discover new ways of thinking about the mother's influence on the speaker.

Metaphor comes from the Greek word metaphora meaning “a transfer” in the sense of carrying over, altering, or changing the essence of one word to a different word. Metaphor is distinct from simile, another element of figurative language that compares two unlike things, in that metaphor does not use the words “like,” or “as” in its comparison. Metaphor is used in poetry to establish imagery by creating a vivid picture of how an object, person, or action might appear. Comparing one object to another seemingly unlike object establishes a connection between the two.

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