Question

Hiya! Would you mind telling me what the answer is, and why that answer is correct? It'd help me understand it better :)

"Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead... and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plummet into the bottomless gulf."

This is an example of which type of figurative language?
A. allusion
B. hyperbole
C. similie
D. metaphor

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hmmm...

Answer 2

What can we eliminate?

Answer 3

Well a hyperbole, are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. So I'd think that one.

Answer 4

No, that is actually something we can say is true.

We can eliminate allusion (because it doesn't give hints to any other work).
We can also eliminate simile, because it does have "as a..." or "like a..."
So, we are left with hyperbole and metaphor.

Answer 5

I think it's a metaphor then. Hyperbole seems something like "I am so hungry I could eat a horse"

Answer 6

That is what I am going with as well. Can you identify what part would be the metaphor?

Answer 7

Probably right when it starts with, "Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead.."

Answer 8

Correct! Let me know if it's right.

Answer 9

Thank you kindly :)

Answer 10

No problem, good luck.

Answer 11

And it was correct! Thanks!