Read the passage from “Barack Obama’s Keynote Address: 2004 Democratic National Convention.”
America, tonight, … if we do what we must do, then I have no doubt that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as president, and John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.
Which phrases from this passage contain figurative language?
A) the people will rise up in November
B) out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come
C) John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president
D) this country will reclaim its promise