Question

In "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" the author uses figurative language in this passage to set a mood of unreality for the new soldier. Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?

"Stretching ahead of him like dark beads on an invisible chain, the string of shadow-soldiers whose names he did not yet know moved with the silence and slow grace of smoke. Now and again moonlight was reflected off a machine gun or a wrist watch. But mostly the soldiers were quiet and hidden and far-away-seeming in a peaceful night, strangers on a long street, and he felt quite separat

Answer 1

separate from them, as if trailing behind like the caboose on a night train, pulled along by inertia, sleepwalking, an afterthought to the war. "
A. "..like dark beads on an invisible chain, the string of shadow-soldiers…"
B. "…moved with the silence and slow grace of smoke…"
C. "…moonlight was reflected off a machine gun or a wrist watch…"
D. "..trailing behind them like the caboose on a night train…"

Answer 2

C

Answer 3

are you really sure because i am not really sure but i think is D

Answer 4

It's C. It says in the text that every now and then moon is reflected off a machine gun or a wrist watch. That isn't figurative language. Figurative language is when you are comparing two things to each other. A compares dark beads on an invisible strong to the shadow of soldiers. B compares how they moved with smoke. C doesn't compare anything, it makes a statement. D compares them to a caboose because of how they are following in behind. Therefore I believe the answer is C. (:

Answer 5

String*

Answer 6

ALRIGHT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP you were really helpful :)

Answer 7

No problem (: