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'Metaphor' is a type of:

  1. Plot device
  2. Verse line
  3. Period name
  4. Rhetorical figure
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Correct answer: D. Rhetorical figure

1. Metaphor is a trope substituting one image for another. 2. Distinguished from simile (which uses 'like' or 'as'). 3. The brief lists 'rhetorical figures' as a content area. _Source: Coverage brief — BA English Literature syllabus areas — "prosody, rhetorical figures"_

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