AP English Literatur

Answer: B

Explanation:

Correct Option (B):

First, “Time, a silent thief” is a metaphor.
A metaphor directly compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
Here, time is directly compared to a thief, suggesting that time takes away things (yesterdays) just as a thief steals.

Second, time is also personified.
Personification gives human characteristics to non - human or abstract things.
Time is described as “silent” (a human - like quality of being quiet) and as having the action of “pilfering” (a human action of stealing), which brings time to life as if it were a human agent.

Incorrect Options:

A: A simile uses “like” or “as”, and there is no s...