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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What type of figurative language is used in these lines of poetry? "Love is something else, / or so I thought it, / a garden which expands." A. metaphor B. personification C. simile

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

What do you think, @cassiesilva0628

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B @Kash_TheSmartGuy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or c

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

Well, a personification is a comparison of a non-human thing to a human quality. SO, tell me, is that personification?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

haha not B

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so maybe C?

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

So, we now know it's not B.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like or as". So, does that verse use the words like or as?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

I hope you figured your answer out then- it's A. Metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i did haha thank you

OpenStudy (kash_thesmartguy):

This sentence compares love to a garden.

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