The sentence, 'Her smile was a beacon, guiding him through the darkest days,' primarily uses which literary device?

A Personification

B Hyperbole

C Metaphor

D Onomatopoeia

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things by stating that one *is* the other, without using 'like' or 'as'. Here, a smile is directly compared to a beacon.

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The correct answer to the question "The sentence, 'Her smile was a beacon, guiding him through the darkest days,' primarily uses which literary device?" is Option C: Metaphor.

The other options — A) Personification, B) Hyperbole, D) Onomatopoeia — are incorrect for this CLEP Exam Prep question. As explained above: A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things by stating that one *is* the other, without using 'like' or 'as'. Here, a smile is directly compared to a beacon.

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The sentence, 'Her smile was a beacon, guiding him through the darkest days,' primarily uses which literary device?

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

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