Read the following excerpt from "notes of a native son" by james baldwin:

handsome, proud, and ingrown, "like a toenail," somebody said. but he looked to me, as i grew older, like pictures i had seen of african tribal chieftains: he really should have been naked, with war-paint on and barbaric mementos, standing among spears.

which statement best explains how the use of figurative language conveys meaning in this excerpt?

a. it uses the word "spear" to portray the father's terrible challenges growing up in america.
b. it likens the father to war paint to imply that he was a rough, barbaric kind of person.
c. it compares the father to a toenail to convey the inner pain cause by his stubbornness.
d. it gives human qualities to a spear to convey the father's lack of socialization in american culture.

jeez la wheeze! i just checked other people who had the same question as you and both had terrible answers.

i hope i could be a little bit of a though!

hmm, lets see here. okay! so, i don't know the passages exactly since i haven't taken that quiz before, but! i will try to the best i can.

if you need on what igbo means, ill give you a hand.

igbo means a member of a people of southeastern nigeria.

so, they're asking you, "what passage uses igbo words or phrases and in at least 100 words, identify the kinds of context clues the author uses to hint at the words' meaning."

so basically, don't stress or over look this.

look closely at the passages and see if you can spot any of those hints! it doesn't have to be all, remember, its a quiz! no right or wrong answers.

the teachers are always there to and if you are struggling on this topic they will notice it in your score on the quiz and you.

(; i do hope this is useful to you!     < 3