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07-06-2016
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Read these lines from the poem “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes.

Which figure of speech is used in the bold line of the poem?

LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD
That cannot fly.

A.
alliteration

B.
metaphor

C.
simile

D.
onomatopoeia

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emilyaustin16 emilyaustin16

07-06-2016

the answer is b-metaphor

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MrsDuckie MrsDuckie

07-06-2016

it is a Metaphor. The reason this is a metaphor is because it does not use like or as, or any of the other reasons to be an onomatopoeia, or an alliteration.

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