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Experiencing and Reliving Vietnam

Question 4 • ALT ENG 11 S2 Common Core ELA 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-CR

Which device is “I’m a window” an example of? similemetaphorpersonificationThe narrator sees the reflection of another veteran looking at the memorial. The narrator says, “He’s lost his right arm / inside the stone.” “Inside the stone” is a metaphor for the experiencethe memorialthe war.

Answer

A

simile

B

metaphor

C

personification

Explanation

“I’m a window” directly compares the speaker to a window without using “like” or “as,” so it is a metaphor. A simile would make the comparison with “like” or “as,” and personification gives human qualities to something nonhuman.

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