In the sentence, 'The old house stood on the hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring into the night,' what literary device is used to describe the windows?

A Hyperbole

B Metaphor

C Alliteration

D Oxymoron

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as,' stating one thing is another. Here, windows are directly compared to 'vacant eyes' to convey a sense of emptiness and watchfulness.

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The correct answer to the question "In the sentence, 'The old house stood on the hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring into the night,' what literary device is used to describe the windows?" is Option B: Metaphor.

The other options — A) Hyperbole, C) Alliteration, D) Oxymoron — are incorrect for this CLEP Exam Prep question. As explained above: A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as,' stating one thing is another. Here, windows are directly compared to 'vacant eyes' to convey a …

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In the sentence, 'The old house stood on the hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring into the night,' what literary device is used to describe the windows?

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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