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Question 15 • VA-English 10 CR

Read the lines below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows. My father won’t talk about the numbers3-7-8-2-5 between the wrist and elbowblue as blood as his left forearm Which technique is used in these excerpted lines?

Answer
A
irony
B
fixed verse
C
simile
D
conceit

Explanation

The phrase “blue as blood” compares the color of the numbers to blood using the word “as.” A comparison made with “like” or “as” is a simile, so the technique is simile.

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