Question

In his last words, Washington speaks of bringing to the southern states "a new heaven and a new earth." Washington is using:

A. climax.
B. synecdoche.
C. antithesis.
D. allegory.
E. metaphor.

Answer 1

E.
Washington is clearly stating a metaphoric phrase. It is not literal, it is merely to picture an idea of what he's thinking. Sort of as a fierce exaggeration.