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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which figure of speech does Thoreau use to show how loud the bird was in the sentence: "The wingspanerels crow on the trees, clear and piercing for miles over the resounding earth! It would put nations on the alert."? Personification Metaphor Simile Hyperbole

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@misssunshinexxoxo

OpenStudy (paki):

ur guess here?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@paki

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B

OpenStudy (paki):

WAIT : you posted ur question in wrong section....

OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

You are correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is this post to be in english

OpenStudy (paki):

yeah...

OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

This is a metaphor; yes this is a english question but ok this time

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Correct, B would be the answer because a metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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