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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence from George Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

Where's the sentence?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do mean i need the answer

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

"Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence" where's the sentence?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket.

OpenStudy (kyanthedoodle):

That's an analogy. The author is comparing the public to pigs. Then uses metaphorical speech to describe what the public do, but not really.

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