Read this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane: The correspondent looked over his shoulder at the captain. His face was
hidden, and he seemed to be asleep. He looked at the babes of the sea. They certainly were asleep. So, being bereft of sympathy, he leaned a little way to one side and swore softly into the sea. Which figure of speech is used in the phrase "babes of the sea"? A. pace B. simile C. diction D. metaphor E. syntax
A metaphor occurs when someone substitute a word's usual meaning by another, applied only through implied comparison, with the intention of giving a somewhat poetic tone to the message.
Although it's not clear by the excerpt provided what meaning the author actually meant to imply for 'babes of the sea', it is clear that 'babes' in this expression do not carry its orginal meaning ('child'; 'girl').
Due to the fact that you could add something else to the end for example you could have said that you through it outside butbeing honest i dont see any problem with the sentence but trust me and go with a and say that you could say that the word outside can be used
