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jeka94
4 years ago
13

What literary device does the following excerpt from the story contain?

English
2 answers:
olchik [2.2K]4 years ago
4 0
I'm pretty sure that the excerpt given above contains metaphor. Because of "smart cookie.". So your answer is A.
Darina [25.2K]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

A. Metaphor

Explanation:

A metaphor is a figure of speech that asserts that one element (person, animal, thing, quality, event, etc.) is similar to another element, not literally but figuratively. They are similar to similes except that metaphors do not use words such as "like" or "as" to make the comparison.

The excerpt provided has a metaphor because it figuratively compares Clegg Simmons to "one smart cookie."

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