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Read the passage from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

At the door I met the sociable Wheeler returning, and he buttonholed me and recommenced:
What type of literary device is used in this passage?
-metaphor
-simile
-dialect
-symbolism

User Nerius Jok
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Answer:

metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

Metaphors are comparing things to other things as if it is literal. "Buttonholed" is a metaphor for someone grabbing a button on your clothing to make you stay.

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