Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." These [monetary investments in education] are the foundations from which towers of human achievement can soar.

The excerpt compares investments in education to foundations and human achievement to towers that can soar. It makes this comparison without using “like” or “as,” so it is a metaphor. The phrase “towers of human achievement” is not meant literally; it emphasizes how education can support great accomplishments.

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