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emilybassett1970
6 minutes ago
English
College
What is the effect of the bolded figurative language on the passage?
"No... I just remembered that today's my birthday."
I was thirty. **Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.**
O The alliteration reveals that the speaker believes birthdays are repetitive.
The metaphor reflects the speaker's negative attitude toward growing older.
O The personification of the birthday makes the reader realize the speaker's age.
O The simile positively compares birthdays to a long and winding road.
emilybassett1970
6 minutes ago
English
College
What is the effect of the bolded figurative language on the passage?
"No... I just remembered that today's my birthday."
I was thirty. **Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.**
O The alliteration reveals that the speaker believes birthdays are repetitive.
The metaphor reflects the speaker's negative attitude toward growing older.
O The personification of the birthday makes the reader realize the speaker's age.
O The simile positively compares birthdays to a long and winding road.