Question

This question is based on the following poem:

Seasons are celebrations.
A year's a Ferris wheel.
Both honor our worlds habit
of spinning 'round a star.

In the first line of the poem, the poet uses a

A. bias.
B. metaphor.
C. loaded word.
D. simile.

Answer 1

Metaphor.

Explanation:

A metaphor is defined as "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable."

Answer 2

B. Metaphor


a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Example: Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief.


Spending too much time with him is worse than swimming in a sea of sharks."