Question

Identify the following example of figurative language: The mysterious woman was a shadow in the dark?

A. Personification

B. Metaphor

C.Onomatopoeia

D. Simile

Answer 1

B. Metaphor because it’s comparing a mysterious woman to a shadow in the dark because you don’t know nothing about it

Answer 2

It is a metaphor because it is saying that the woman IS a shadow. (Saying something is another thing is the definition of metaphor) :)