This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'A great city is a battlefield...You need to be a fighter to live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'
'To Sir with Love' by E.R. Braithwaite
The literary device predominantly used in this passage is
simile
oxymoron
symbolism
sarcasm
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like symbolize simile and there is a comparison of someone who is dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'
Therefore i think the best answer is option A.
Please oh somebody should explain to me
How is symbolism the answer I thought it was similie
The correct answer is A. simile.
Reason:
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things using the words "like" or "as". In the passage, the city is directly compared to a battlefield: "A great city is a battlefield..." Additionally, the phrase "dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat" explicitly uses "like" to compare the soul to a worn-out coat. These are clear examples of simile.
Why not the others?
Ā· B. Oxymoron ā This involves placing two contradictory words together (e.g., "deafening silence"). No such pairing appears in the passage.
Ā· C. Symbolism ā While the city or coat could have symbolic meaning, the dominant and most obvious device is the explicit comparison using "like" and "is a..." (metaphorical structure functioning as simile). The question asks for the predominant device, which is simile.
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