Question 20
Here the once embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world.
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
my answer
A
Nope. You seem to be guessing.
ok now i get it it must be personification
The correct answer is metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without the use of "like" or "as." In this case, the phrase "the shot heard round the world" is comparing the impact and significance of the farmers' shot to a historical event of immense importance and global impact.
To determine the correct answer to this question, you can analyze the phrase and identify if it is directly comparing two things using "like" or "as" (which would make it a simile), if it is giving human qualities to a non-human object or concept (personification), or if it is an exaggerated statement beyond literal truth (hyperbole). In this instance, "the shot heard round the world" does not use "like" or "as," does not attribute human qualities to a non-human object, and is not an exaggerated statement beyond literal truth. Therefore, it is a metaphor.