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Read the passage below and answer the question.

Main sentence: “Society is a joint-stock company”

Full passage:
“Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.”

What figure of speech is this sentence?

A) allegory
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) simile

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Answer: metaphor

Explanation: odyssey

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Answer:

metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

It's using a metaphor to compare society to a business in which owners share responsibility it does now literally mean society is a business

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