Which of the following stylistic devices is used in the following excerpt from the 1992 Democratic Convention Address by Former New York Governor, Mario Cuomo? “… the ship of state is headed for the rock. The crew knows it. The passengers know it. Only the captain of the ship, President Bush, appears not to know it.”
A)Alliteration
B)Simile
C)Metaphor
D)Antithesis
E)Personification

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The excerpt uses a metaphor by comparing the situation of the country (or its governance) to a ship headed for rocks, implying danger or misdirection without stating it directly. This comparison does not use "like" or "as," which would make it a simile, and it attributes the roles of crew and passengers to people in the country, with President Bush as the captain, without literally meaning they are on a ship.

Which of the Following Stylistic Devices Is Used in the Following