President George W. Bush, in eulogizing President Reagan, stated "when Ronald Reagan was a child he knew the world as a place of open plains, quiet streets, gas-lit rooms, and carriages drawn by horses"

Which language device was President Bush using when he said "carriages drawn by horses"?
a. He was using antithesis.
b. He was using a metaphor.
c. He was using inversion.
d. He was using personification.


c

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