Topic Test

Question 13 • SS - TX-English II B

Which passage from Kennedy’s inaugural address is an example of a metaphor?

Answer

“To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery . . .”

“[T]hose who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.”

“All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration . . . .”

“Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you.”

Explanation

A metaphor describes one thing as another without using “like” or “as.” In choice B, people seeking power are described as riding a tiger and ending up inside it, comparing a dangerous pursuit of power to riding a wild animal. The other choices use figurative or rhetorical language, but B contains the clearest metaphor.

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