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Identify the figure(s) of speech in the following example. "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."

apostrophe

implied

metaphor

metonymy

personification

simile

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savagegahlei

Metaphor

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emilyadalex

Metaphor

We use metaphors when we take a word or a phrase to refer to something else, whether by symbolizing it or suggesting that is similar to another thing, person, idea, quality. Thus, they can not be taken literally.

The sentence  "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head." uses this figurative language by comparing "hairs" to "wires", perhaps because of their physical appearance.

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