Question

The old fox completely sold me. The figure of speech is?

Answer 1

Answer:

The old fox completely sold me. The figure of speech here is a metaphor.

Explanation:

In this statement, the word fox is used as a metaphor.  In this sentence, a person is compared to a fox. A fox is considered to be cunning, sly, clever and selfish. When a person with such traits is referred to, he is sometimes compared to a fox. A metaphor is a figure of speech which is used to compare a word or phrase is used to refer to some other unrelated object.

Answer 2

Explanation:

metaphor figure of speech