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OpenStudy (celinegirl):

Hi I need a little help with this assignment

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

Caption: Upward of 500 marchers crowd on steps and sidewalk in front of City Hall and sing after they staged an unannounced march to the municipal building, March 19, 1965, Selma, Alabama. Respond to the following in complete sentences: Identify which of the following examples uses figurative language to describe the image. What makes the example you identified figurative language? Which device is used? A.) The protesters continued to gather on the marble steps of City Hall; they were a peaceful crowd that wanted to see changes made. B.) The group of protesters who surrounded City Hall was not a fly buzzing in one's ear; instead, they were a swarm of bees that demanded attention.

OpenStudy (swolesammy):

Id say B

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

@swolesammy thanks im not sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its b "Swarm of bee's" gives it away

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

@OwenOVOXO thank you do you know i can answer the 2 questions that go with it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sure

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

What makes the example you identified figurative language? Which device is used?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um........what? lol what do you mean

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry i was out for a sec

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

@OwenOVOXO lol it was in the thing i posted above.. it a little confusing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

um.....i just knew ig....

OpenStudy (celinegirl):

@OwenOVOXO oh

OpenStudy (kingkas):

It's a metaphor, because people aren't really bees, they're people.

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