The sentence that shows an example of metaphor in the excerpt is: "but a volcano of fear erupts inside me." This metaphor compares the intense feeling of fear to a volcano, suggesting that it is powerful and overwhelming.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that shows an example of metaphor.
Mom finished a new round of chemo yesterday, and she was still sleeping when I left for school. I kissed her bald head before I left, and she didn't wake up. I feel guilty because my own hair is so long that I can double-wrap it around my pencil. I told myself to remember Mom before the cancer, when her cheeks were rosy and her hair was curly, but a volcano of fear erupts inside me.
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