English Language and Composition Exam AP English Language and Composition Metaphor and Simile 4

Question 1

Which of the following best defines an implied metaphor?

Accepted Answer

A comparison suggested without directly stating both terms being compared.

Answer

An implied metaphor suggests the comparison without naming both terms explicitly, as in 'he barked his orders' (implying he is like a dog).

Question 2

In Frederick Douglass's narrative, comparing his longing for freedom to watching ships sail freely on the Chesapeake Bay functions primarily as:

Accepted Answer

An extended simile that makes his desire for freedom vivid and emotionally powerful.

Answer

Douglass uses the free-sailing ships as an extended simile for his own enslaved condition, making his longing viscerally tangible.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a simile?

Accepted Answer

'The fog of war clouded every decision.'

Answer

'The fog of war' is a metaphor because it directly equates war's confusion with fog without using 'like' or 'as.'

Question 4

In rhetoric, how can a well-chosen simile strengthen a logical argument (logos)?

Accepted Answer

By clarifying an abstract concept through a concrete, familiar comparison that the audience can reason from.

Answer

A simile that maps an unfamiliar concept onto something familiar helps the audience follow logical reasoning more easily.

Question 5

The metaphor 'bureaucracy is a labyrinth' most likely aims to persuade readers that bureaucracy is:

Accepted Answer

Confusing, difficult to navigate, and designed to frustrate those within it.

Answer

A labyrinth connotes confusion, entrapment, and purposeless complexity, which the metaphor transfers to bureaucracy.

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