Question

Refer to Inside Out and Back Again for a complete version of this text. In "Hate It," the author develops a frustrated tone. Which example of figurative language from the text most clearly supports this tone?

Answer 1

Answer:

A simile is the figure of speech in "Hate It" that supports the frustrated tone.

Explanation:

Unlike the metaphor, the simile is an explicit comparison and therefore it is easier to find than the metaphor, as the simile will always have the words "like" or "as" showing that a comparison is being made.

In "Hate It" the use of the simile reinforces the frustrated tone of the text through the lines “A lion's paw rips up my throat, / still I scream,” “She says it over and over / like a chant, / slowly,” where we can see a comparison between a slow singing and a woman's repeated words, which refer to a situation of pain and despair she went through.