The market is a bright rainbow of
music and voices and smells. at the first
market stall, i ask for sugar and cornmeal.
the shopkeeper measures out an amount
of each on a scale. while i wait, i see
brightly wrapped gum and sweets line the
counter, but those will not me
become more like a golden crested crane.
a metaphor is a figure of speech. it compares two
things that are not usually alike. which sentence in
this excerpt uses an example of a metaphor?
a the market is a bright rainbow of music and voices and
smells.
b shosho pours porridge into two dishes.
c the shopkeeper measures out an amount of each on a
scale.
d at the first market stall, i ask for sugar and cornmeal