What is the figure of speech for the following sentence? "Just stood there, awkward, a middle drawer of a man."

"a middle drawer"

Explanation:

This is a metaphor, the narrator is comparing this man's awkward stature to a "middle drawer"

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"A middle drawer of a man"

Explanation: The man is uninteresting and average, as most middle drawers are.

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i think that the quotes in paragraph 11 contribute to the development of ideas because it provides a good reasoning of the central idea of the text.