Answer: I'm gonna guess simile since you didn't show us the paragraph.
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a) it provides a way for artist to debates issues
Just think of two things that could be compared in an unusual way! A metaphor is just a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as". For example, a simile would be "My love is like a rose" but a metaphor would be "My love is a rose" If you think of it this way, it might be easiest to think of a simile then take away "like" or "as". Be creative with it and have fun
As in the history of the Russian revolution ( that animal farm mirrors ) Snowball aka. Leon Trotsky was the popular leader and thus would have opposed the oppression of the populous that Napoleon aka Joseph Stalin wanted.