In Marianne Moore's poem "The Fish", the line "Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps adjusting the ash-heaps" is an example of a metaphor comparing which two things?An injured fan to ash heapsThe mussel-shells to ash heapsThe black jade to ash heapsThe fish to ash heaps

Which of the following stanzas is an example of a metaphor from Marianne Moore's "The Fish"?Opening and shutting itself like an injured fanThe barnacles which encrust the side of the waveOf the crow-blue mussel-shellsWade through black jade

Read the following excerpt from the poem "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop.I thought of the coarse white fleshpacked in like feathers,the big bones and the little bones,the dramatic reds and blacksof his shiny entrails,and the pink swim-bladderlike a big peony.What feeling does her use of simile suggest?A.ApathyB.DisgustC.AweD.AffectionSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

EXERCISE 3Identify the metaphors and similes in the extract of a poem below.Write down the piece of the poem. State what figure of speech it is. Write down what is beingcompared and why.The angry voice of the windDropped to a whimperAnd fell silentLike a scolded child.The tortured waves, freed from their tormentor,Slept.With its white wings spread,The yacht sat like a seagull,Patiently contemplating its reflectionIn the polished mirrorOf the sea.

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence from George Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying?The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket. A. flashback B. oxymoron C. euphemism D. metaphor

hich of the following is an example of a metaphor?The children ran like ripples through the water.Love is a red, red roseThe bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop.Her hair was as soft as a spider web.