Question

Read the passage. Then, answer the questions about the metaphor in boldface in the text. Lately, I've been so overwhelmed with school and sports. There was a time when I enjoyed going to classes and going to practice every afternoon. Now, everything is piling up and wearing me down. Thankfully, I get to see you every day. You are truly the sunshine of my life. Thank you for making me laugh when I'm feeling down. What is the context of the passage? What is being compared in the metaphor? What is the meaning of the metaphor?

Answer 1

Answer:

What makes the narrator happy or sad

"you" and "Sunshine"

You make me happy

Just did it on edge

Answer 2

Answer:

• The context of this excerpt is to show the sadness and wear that the narrator is feeling, but there is someone who relieves this burden of the life of the narrator.
• The metaphor present in the text is comparing this person who leaves the narrator happy with the sun.
• The meaning of the metaphor is to say that this person has a good effect on the life of the narrator, similar to the good effect that the sun has on the lives of all people.

Explanation:

• Context is the relationship between the text and the situation in which it occurs within the text. It is the set of circumstances in which the message to be emitted is produced - place and time, transmitter and receiver, etc. - and that allow their correct understanding.
• Metaphor is one of the figures of subjective language of comparison, which values ​​by the approximation of two different things, beings, or entities, from a similar characteristic between them