C. Extended metaphor
This excerpt uses an extended metaphor comparing the speaker to a rock being surged upon by water, emphasizing the idea of remaining true to oneself despite external pressures.
Read this excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston's essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept, but through it all, I remain myself When covered by the waters, I am, and the ebb but reveals me again
Which thetorical device is present in this excerpt?
A Synesthesia
B. Alliteration
C Extended metaphor
D. Simile
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