Question

The darkness was a blanket that both smothered and comforted.
A) Simile
B) Personification
C) Irony
D) Metaphor

Answer 1

Option (D) Metaphor is the correct answer to the question.

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the metaphor to be, “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally donating one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them”.

In the given sentence the word “blanket” is used as a metaphor to show how the darkness covered and comforted the narrator. Here, the characteristic of a blanket has been analogized with that of darkness.

Answer 2

The darkness was a blanket that both smothered and comforted is a metaphor.

So, the option D) is correct.

Explanation

Metaphor: Metaphor is a word or phrase used to describe a person or something else in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example ‘She has a heart of stone.’

In the sentence 'darkness' has been compared to a 'blanket'.