"Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856

The quote above is an example of a(n):
A. irony
B. alliteration

C. metaphor

D. simile

Question

"Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856

The quote above is an example of a(n):
	A. irony 	
	B. alliteration
	
	C. metaphor
	
	D. simile

anonymous · Answer

What do you think it is?

anonymous · Answer

i was thinking b cuz i know its not a metsphor or a smile

anonymous · Answer

Are you sure its not a simile?

anonymous · Answer

isn't a smaile something thats alike?

anonymous · Answer

Simile compares two things, using 'like' or 'as'

anonymous · Answer

so comparing two things pretty much than it would be a smile ?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah.

anonymous · Answer

Here its comparing human speech and a cracked cauldron.

anonymous · Answer

thank you im not really good at literautre

anonymous · Answer

Its alright. Glad I can help.