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InstructionMultiple Choice

Skills Lesson: Figurative Language and Imagery

Question 1 • ARC English 10 Semester 2 CR/Summer

Which excerpt is an example of metonymy?

Answer
A
“Since Number Five is out of the bathroom now,”
B
“We think of lukewarm water and hope to get in it.”
C
“I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence”
D
“I watch you wrapped up like garbage”

Explanation

Metonymy refers to something by using a closely associated name or label. In choice A, “Number Five” is used to refer to the person identified by that number. Choice D is a simile because it compares someone to garbage using “like.”

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