Question

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence from George Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket.

(a) flashback

(b) oxymoron

(c) euphemism

(d) metaphor

Answer 1

metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

Metaphor is a hidden comparison between two things. When using a metaphor, the writer suggests similarity between one thing and another without the words like and as.

Actually, we have two examples of metaphor in the sentence:

1. the public are swine

2. advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket.

Answer 2

(D) metaphor it is comparing them directly without using like or as