Excerpt from a trip to the theater donn saylor 7alexander began to contemplate his own situation with his family; his parents desperately wanted him to attend college and acquire a high-paying job, while he wanted to go to art school and make his living as an artist. watching the performance, alexander came to the realization that both he and his parents wanted the same thing: they were all seeking a better quality of life for him, but they had very different blueprints for achieving that goal. as the youngers’s story unfolded, alexander knew he needed to have a meaningful conversation with his parents and make his feelings--and his dreams--understood. what device does the author use when he states that alexander and his family had very different blueprints for achieving his happiness? a) metaphor b) onomatopoeia c) paradox d) personification

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