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Identify the correct figure of speech. Then write the meaning on the lines below

The IRS agent is fined for not paying his taxes
(A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) irony (E)hyperbole

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C-personification because it’s right
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This is a metaphor because the town is not literally a beehive. The word is being used as a comparison to show that the town is busy. A comparison without like or as is is a metaphor.
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