Answer:
Figurative language includes the use of figures of speech (metaphors, similes, allusions, etc.) to make the speech more effective and persuasive.
In Chapter 1 of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces the characters and the narrator, and establishes the setting. In doing so, he uses the following figures of speech:
- Hyperbole (an exaggerated statement or claim)
Jordan, while lying on the couch, says to Tom: <em>"I'm stiff. I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember.
" </em>This is, of course, an exaggeration.
- Metaphor (reference to one thing/concept by mentioning another)
<em>"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore."</em> Nick refers to his house as an eyesore (an ugly sight in a public place).
- Personification (giving human characteristics and traits to something that is not human)
<em>"The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person." </em>Nick, the narrator, personifies 'the mind', which detects certain qualities.
- Simile (comparison of two things by mentioning the similarities between them, usually through the use of words 'like' or 'as')
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"Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe." </em>Nick is not satisfied with his home after the war, and compares it to "the ragged edge of the universe."
<span>an outgoing, overtly expressive person.
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The poet suggests about human life with the images in these lines is life is an eternal struggle. Thus, option "A" is correct.
<h3>what does the poet suggest about human life with the images in these lines?</h3>
Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that in these two lines the poet is describing life as a broad field of battle and as a bivouac, or temporary encampment, and this suggests struggle, difficulty, and discomfort.
That imagery does not suggest that life is not worth living or that life is mostly unhappy and painful, however. Likewise, it does not mean that life is rarely problematic, but quite the opposite. Comparing life to a battlefield and to a precarious encampment suggests that it is indeed a constant struggle.
Thus, option "A" is correct.
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