Question

Identify the figure(s) of speech in the following example. "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."

apostrophe
implied
metaphor
metonymy
personification
simile

Answer 1

Metaphor

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Answer 2

Metaphor

We use metaphors when we take a word or a phrase to refer to something else, whether by symbolizing it or suggesting that is similar to another thing, person, idea, quality. Thus, they can not be taken literally.

The sentence "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head." uses this figurative language by comparing "hairs" to "wires", perhaps because of their physical appearance.