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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Read the passage. John is extremely social. Whenever we go to parties together, he flies from person to person, busily making friends with everyone. Which figure of speech, or literary device, is the author using in the passage? simile personification implied metaphor allusion

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a? @Keigh2015

OpenStudy (keigh2015):

no simile has either like or as in it so it wouldn't be a

OpenStudy (keigh2015):

@misssunshinexxoxo can you please help with this question

OpenStudy (mizuki):

i think is C B is personified by human trait

OpenStudy (keigh2015):

I was thinking that because simile has either like or as in it and this passage does not

OpenStudy (mizuki):

but flies is not something that uses human trait

OpenStudy (keigh2015):

But i am stuck between c or d

OpenStudy (mizuki):

metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

OpenStudy (mizuki):

i think is C

OpenStudy (keigh2015):

yeah

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