Question

That winter, it was cold almost every day. I walked to school in the

snow and warmed myself up by creating dance steps along the way.
One day, an older woman stuck her head out of a storefront. The sign
on the store's awning read "Dance Studio in large black letters. "You're
pretty good," she told me. "You could be great." In that moment, I was a
newborn baby, seeing the world for the first time.
Biography of George Benjamin
The dancer George Benjamin did not discover his talent for me
until he was 15. This was later than most of his peers. Most of ti
had been dancing since they were old enough to walk. A chance
encounter with an elderly ballerina introduced him to formal dance
training. From that moment, he was hooked.
Which sentence best explains the main difference in the way the two
passages use a literary device?


A. The memoir uses a traditional chronological structure, while the
biography uses foreshadowing to suggest what is to come.
B. The memoir uses descriptive imagery to set the scene visually,
while the biography relies on a metaphor to summarize the events
from George's perspective.
C. The memoir uses a metaphor to emphasize the emotional effect
of the encounter on George, while the biography focuses on
comparing George with others.
D. The memoir uses personification to set the scene, while the
biography relies on similes to accomplish the same goal

Answer 1

B.

The memoir uses descriptive imagery to set the scene visually,

while the biography relies on a metaphor to summarize the events

from George's perspective.