The line that states, "courage is a man with a gun in his hand." It is a metaphor because Lee is not comparing courage to a man with a gun with "like" or "as." Instead, she uses "is", as if she is enforcing the fact that courage IS a man with a gun. That kind of bluntness is only in a metaphor, as the author gives no room for debate.
FALSE. The Greeks believed the THREE FATES and prophecies controlled a man's own destiny. The Three Fates are three old wizen women who cut and control yarn, needling it together, deciding who lives and who doesn't.
Answer:
Tan references her work with language to build the idea that all forms of English are purposeful and meaningful.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from "Mother Tongue.", the narrator talks about the power of language and how she has studied the power of language to evoke emotions in people, amongst others.
Tan builds a central idea of her story in the excerpt by referencing her work with language to build the idea that all forms of English are purposeful and meaningful.
The answer is the second one
