Gloria is hard to get to know. whenever she is put in a situation that might reveal her true personality, she withdraws into a shell, where she feels safe and hidden.

which figure of speech does the author use in the passage?

a. epic simile

b. implied metaphor

c. imagery

d. personification

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Your answer would be B, implied metaphor.

Here, we see four answer choices. An epic simile is a simile in the same form except many lines in length. An implied metaphor is not one that is explicitly stated, but is there. Imagery is using word choice to describe something which forms an image in the reader's head. Personification is using human actions to describe something which is not human.

We can tell this is an implied metaphor by this: "Whenever she is put in a situation that might reveal her true personality, she withdraws into a shell, where she feels safe and hidden." The most important part here is "she withdraws into a shell". There is no actual shell, of course, however, this is just making a comparison with her drawing into herself. The comparison is not explicitly stated, but it is there.

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honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."