President George W. Bush, in eulogizing President Reagan, stated when Ronald Reagan was a child he "knew the world as a place of open plains, quiet streets, gas-lit rooms, and carriages drawn by horses"

Which language device was President Bush using when he said "carriages drawn by horses"?
a. He was using antithesis.
b. He was using metaphor.
c. He was using inversion.
d. He was using personification.

c

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