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Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.

⦁ Type of figurative language: Simile
⦁ Meaning of figurative language:
⦁ Effect on tone and mood:
⦁ Effect on audience:

Answer 1

⦁ Type of figurative language: Simile

⦁ Meaning of figurative language: like how a boil can never be cured and is exposed for it's ugliness, likewise, injustice must be exposed.

⦁ Effect on tone and mood: exposing?

⦁ Effect on audience: It makes the audience really think about the meaning since it doesn't really make sense at first glance

Step-by-step explanation:

By rereading it, the audience can connect with it once they discover the true meaning. The author is basically saying that injustice needs to be brought to light and exposed for its cruelty and ugly nature.

Answer 2

-simile (ex: like a boil)

-the simile, a comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”, reflects the author’s view of injustice.

-the simile emphasizes the ugly, grotesque nature of injustice as well as how it inevitably must be dealt with. The passage takes on a gory tone but adopts a hopeful mood when proposing a solution to the problem.

-the simile allows the audience to view injustice as a problem that must be addressed before it festers and worsens beneath the cloak of normalcy

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