Question 23 • Common Core ELA 10-CR
The speaker compares being a “Somebody” to being a frog that tells its name “the livelong June” to an admiring bog. A frog’s loud, repeated croaking draws attention to itself, just as a “Somebody” makes a public display of their identity. So the simile emphasizes calling attention to oneself, not blending in.
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