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21 September, 14:43

Read these two lines from the poem "A Dream Deferred," by Langston Hughes.

Which figure of speech is used in the bold lines of the poem?

What happens to a dream deferred (put aside) ?

Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?

A.

personification

B.

simile

C.

metaphor

D.

onomatopoeia

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  1. 21 September, 15:07
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    That is A. personification, because it's giving the dream characteristics of things in nature.
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