The market is a bright rainbow of
music and voices and smells. At the first
market stall, I ask for sugar and cornmeal.
The shopkeeper measures out an amount
of each on a scale. While I wait, I see
brightly wrapped gum and sweets line the
counter, but those will not help me
become more like a golden crested crane.
A metaphor is a figure of speech. It compares two
things that are not usually alike. Which sentence in
this excerpt uses an example of a metaphor?
A The market is a bright rainbow of music and voices and
smells.
B Shosho pours porridge into two dishes.
C The shopkeeper measures out an amount of each on a
scale.
D At the first market stall, I ask for sugar and cornmeal