AP English Literatur

Answer: A

Explanation:

Correct Option (A):

Metaphor: “The city's heartbeat, a thunderous drum” is a metaphor.
It directly compares the city's activity (represented as a heartbeat) to a thunderous drum, suggesting the powerful and rhythmic nature of the city.

Personification: The city is personified as having a “heartbeat”.
A city is an inanimate object, but by giving it a heartbeat (a human biological feature), it is being made to seem alive and full of energy.

Symbol: “Each pulse a story untold, a secret whispered in the night”.
The “pulse” here can be seen as a symbol.
It represents the hidden stories and secrets within the city, turning a physical concept (pulse) into a symbol for the intang...