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Read the excerpt, and answer the questions that follow.
“It seemed to me that I had happened upon humanity upon the wane. The ruddy sunset set me thinking of the sunset of mankind. For the first time I began to realise an odd consequence of the social effort in which we are at present engaged. And yet, come to think, it is a logical consequence enough.”
What type of figurative language does Wells use in the underlined portion of this excerpt?
the sunset of mankind
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Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Allusion