THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (E). IN THIS QUESTION YOU MUST FIND TWOITEMS...

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The correct answer is (E). In this question you must find two

items that are both true in order to determine the correct

Be sure all parts of an

answer. An allusion, present in choices (A) and (B), is a refer-

answer choice are correct. Apartially incorrect response is

ence to a historical or fictional character or to another work of

a wrong answer—and a

literature. There are no allusions, so you can eliminate those

quarter-point deduction.

responses. Simile, in both choices (C) and (D), is a comparison

using the words

like

or

as. No similes are present, so you can

discard choices (C) and (D). By the process of elimination, you’ll

find that choice (E) is the correct response. An apostrophe

occurs when a poet directly addresses a person or thing, present

or not present—“little lamb” in this case. A metaphor is a

comparison of two unlike things, in this case the lamb and Jesus

by inference.