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iren2701 [21]
3 years ago
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Read this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane:

English
2 answers:
seraphim [82]3 years ago
8 0

The figure of speech used in the phrase "babes of the sea" is (D) a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that consists in a comparison. This comparison is made between two things that are not related but have a certain characteristic in common. In this case, "babes" is not used in its original meaning but the author refers to his feeling of insignificance when compared to the nature.

Nookie1986 [14]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

metaphor

Explanation:

Metaphor is a figure of language in which one uses a word or an expression in a sense that is not very common, revealing a relation of similarity between two terms.  In this case, in the expression "babies of the sea" the word "babies" is not really referring to a baby, but the fragility before the world.

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