When a speaker compares an abstract idea to a concrete image, she or he is using the figure of speech known as

a. an inversion.
b. a metaphor.
c. parallelism.
d. personification.

b

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True False

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Immediacy refers to _____

a. how close people appear to be with each other b. the degree of tension displayed by a person c. the pitch and articulation of a person’s voice d. the way a person uses time as a message

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