Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Meadows have surprises,
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
You may scare a rabbit
Who is sitting very still;
Though at first you may not see him,
When he hops you will.
Explore the meadow houses
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses
The ant's amazing mound.
'A butterfly unfolding its drinking straws'.
Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
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Correct answer: (A) metaphor
Explanation
The butterfly's proboscis is called 'drinking straws' directly, without 'like' or 'as' - an implied comparison, i.e. a metaphor.