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Read these lines from the poem "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa:

My clouded reflection eyes melike a bird of prey, the profile of nightslanted against morning. I turnthis way—the stone lets me go.I turn this way—I'm insidethe Vietnam Veterans Memorial again, depending on the lightto make a difference.

Which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?
A.It links two different things that prey on innocent lives: a bad memory and an undeclared war.
B.It depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.
C.It gives a bird of prey the qualities of a soldier who goes to war to defend his country.
D.It compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

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Answer: Comparing the speaker’s reflection to a predatory bird emphasizes that the speaker is still haunted by the war. D.

Explanation: I just took the test on apex.

The best description of the use of the simile is It describes the speaker's reflection as a threatening bird that follows them around. Thus option (D) is correct.

What is Simile?

Simile refers to the figure of speech which is used to describe and explain the text by using the technique of comparison.

The simile's best explanation is that the speaker's reflection is like a frightening bird that follows them around. Therefore, Thus option (D) is correct.

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