Answer:
Your answer would be that the sentence contains an example of personification.
Explanation:
Figurative language makes use of figures of speech to be more effective. What is more, figurative language includes several literary devices and techniques: simile, metaphor, oxymoron, etc.
In the passage above, the author uses personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human feelings or attributes. That is to say, human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. For instance, in this case, <em>words died</em> and <em>guilty grin</em> are examples of personification. Words cannot die because they are not human and a beard does not have the volition to be guilty. However, in both cases, <em>words </em>and <em>beard</em> have been assigned these features as if they were capable of going through them just as we humans do.
The last time I tried doing something new was on the soccer field. I usually take a more offensive position but I’ve started taking more defensive approaches and I receive better results. I play much better as defence and I wouldn’t have known had I not experimented.
Answer:
B. A metaphor.
Explanation:
A metaphor is a figurative way of expressing words by making a comparison between things that are not alike but have something in common. It is almost similar to a simile, except that metaphors make comparisons without the use of "as" or "like".
In the given expression <em>"your problems are a can of worms"</em>, the words mean that the problems get more complicated or are full of other messier problems. So, just like literally opening a can of worms that will wiggle their way out of the can and move in all directions, metaphorically speaking of "a can of worms" will mean problems that are all over the place.
Thus, the correct answer is option b.
Basically you'd call a person who always expects the worst outcomes from anything a pessimist, a person who always thinks the worst and isn't optimistic.
