Question

Highlight the metaphor in the passage.

"It is the voice of my child!" the White Queen cried out as she rushed past the King, so violently that she knocked him over among the cinders. "My precious Lily! My imperial kitten!" and she began scrambling wildly up the side of the fender.

—Through the Looking Glass,
Lewis Carroll

What does the metaphor help you to visualize?

how the queen sees Lily
how the queen climbed the fender
how the king fell into the cinders
how a kitten feels when it is lost

Answer 1

How the queen sees Lily

Step-by-step explanation:

The queen clearly sees Lily as something small and incapable of being on it's own, much like a kitten. Either that, or it means she sees Lily adoringly and like a pet, much like a kitten.