I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor? "I ask them to take a poem" "and hold it up to the light" "like a color slide" "or press an ear against its hive"

The line which contains a metaphor is:

"or press an ear against its hive"

Explanation:

Let's be really careful here and resist the temptation of selecting "like a color slide." This line contains a simile, not a metaphor.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things in order to attribute a quality of one of them to the other. To make such comparison, the metaphor states that "thing A is thing B" - a simile would use a sentence such as "thing A is like thing B."

Having that in mind, we can see that the line "or press an ear against its hive" is the one that contains a metaphor. The speaker is comparing the poem to a hive, as if it is possible to hear sounds inside it just like you would if you pressed your ear against a hive. The speaker wants us to visualize the poem as something else, something full of life and activity.

"everyday

use" was written by alice walker. this is a story about two sisters, dee

and maggie wanting to have the handmade quilt. maggie wants to use the thing

for its purpose, while dee appreciates it for being “her heritage”.   the quilt represents family heritage. it was

believed that only dedication and years of hard work can represent a  quilt. 

mama decided to give

the quilts to her less fortunate daughter, maggie because she believed that dee

could not hold the true meaning of their family heritage and   that she would not use the quilts for their

purpose. however, dee believed that maggie can’t appreciate the quilts just as

how she sees them, and she thought that the quilt will be put to “everyday use”

by maggie and within 5 years or so, the quilt will turn into a rag. in the story, dee strongly believed that maggie do not deserve the quilts.

explanation:

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