“I’ve been reflecting on what the past eight years have meant, and mean. And the

image that comes to mind like a refrain is a nautical one...It has been quite a journey
this decade, and we held together through some stormy seas.”

These lines from the 1988 Farewell Address of Ronald Reagan are an example of

a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. antithesis
d. amplification


Answer: b,

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