Question

Which rhetorical device does the author use in this sentence to make the reader feel the horror and violence the slaves were subjected to?

It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass.

A. simile
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. paradox

Answer 1

stuck between C or D

Answer 2

I believe it is C, metaphor :)

Answer 3

paradox: a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Answer 4

@ajs0708 Thank you (:

Answer 5

@sabrinab33 Thank you , i knew the definitions I was just stuck between the two