This question is based on the following excerpt from a short story.
Inside the bus, in his summer Class-A uniform with its brass glitter and infantry-blue shoulder cordon, Jamie Sabin was going home. Fort Benning would be a fading dream; Preston, Virginia, a place unknown, his future. He was in between, fumbling with puzzle pieces, making up stories about the real Jamie Sabin. Each of these he set adrift like a paper boat on a shifting sea of daydreams. He did that encased in the drone and shudder of diesel pistons and hissing tires. Jamie Sabin was going home to a place unknown.
7. In this paragraph, the paper boat is a A. simile for Jamie's past.
B. metaphor for daydreams.
C. metaphor for Jamie's past and future.
D. simile for stories Jamie makes up about himself.
I disagree.
Why u disagree....8line line a paper boat.
adrift like a paper boat
It has to be a simile because the word "like" is in the phrasing. Therefore B and C are out.
It must be A or D, so you need to determine which of those matches the idea in this part:
He was in between, fumbling with puzzle pieces, making up stories about the real Jamie Sabin. Each of these he set adrift like a paper boat on a shifting sea of daydreams.
To determine the answer to this question, we can analyze the given excerpt. In the paragraph, the author mentions Jamie Sabin setting adrift each of his stories "like a paper boat on a shifting sea of daydreams." This comparison between the stories and a paper boat is known as figurative language.
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using like or as. A metaphor, on the other hand, is a figure of speech that directly identifies one thing as another.
Based on this information, option D, "simile for stories Jamie makes up about himself," is the correct answer. The paper boat serves as a simile to describe the way Jamie sets his stories adrift on a shifting sea of daydreams.