Question

a middle schooler named violet needs help analyzing an emily dickinson poem titled “‘hope’ is the thing with feathers” for her english course. she needs to determine where instances of metaphors and similes are present within the piece, but she doesnt know the difference between them.
what can you tell violet about the difference between metaphors and similes?
a metaphor is a type of rhyme often noted in poems; a simile indicates that a poem has no rhyme pattern.
a metaphor compares two things without using \like\ or \as;\ a simile compares two things using \like\ or \as.\
a simile compares two things without using \like\ or \as;\ a metaphor compares two things using \like\ or \as.\
a metaphor is when an author compares two unlikely things; a simile is when an

Explanation:

Metaphors directly equate or compare two unrelated things without connecting words such as "like" or "as," while similes explicitly use "like" or "as" to draw a comparison between two items. The other options contain incorrect definitions: option A confuses these devices with rhyme, option C reverses the correct definitions, and option D is incomplete and inaccurate.

Answer:

B. A metaphor compares two things without using "like" or "as;" a simile compares two things using "like" or "as."