Question

match the quotes to the literary device. each device is used once. \thats all death is to me. a fastball on the outside corner.\ - metaphor; \cause i aint worried about death. i done seen him. i done wrestled with him.\ - personification; \do mr. rand know you aint got no drivers license?\ - irony; \some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in\ - symbolism; \it starts out like a little bush, and the next thing you know its a who forest\ - simile; \but you born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate. i wasnt gonna strike out no more. i was on first looking for one of them boys to knock me home.\ - extended metaphor

Explanation:

1. "That's all death is to me. A fastball on the outside corner." - Compares death to a fastball without using "like" or "as", so it is a metaphor.
2. "Cause I ain't worried about death. I done seen him. I done wrestled with him." - Gives death human - like qualities of being seen and wrestled with, which is personification.
3. "Do Mr. Rand know you ain't got no driver's license?" - The irony here could be in the situation where someone is potentially driving without a license and the question implies a possible contradiction or unexpected situation.
4. "Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in" - Fences here symbolize boundaries and control, representing symbolism.
5. "It starts out like a little bush, and the next thing you know it's a who forest" - Uses "like" to compare the growth to a bush becoming a forest, which is a simile.
6. "But you born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate. I wasn't gonna strike out no more. I was on first looking for one of them boys to knock me home" - Extends the baseball - related metaphor throughout the statement, so it is an extended metaphor.

Answer:

1. "That's all death is to me. A fastball on the outside corner." - Metaphor
2. "Cause I ain't worried about death. I done seen him. I done wrestled with him." - Personification
3. "Do Mr. Rand know you ain't got no driver's license?" - Irony
4. "Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in" - Symbolism
5. "It starts out like a little bush, and the next thing you know it's a who forest" - Simile
6. "But you born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate. I wasn't gonna strike out no more. I was on first looking for one of them boys to knock me home" - Extended Metaphor