Read the sentence below: Soil is to a gardener as oil is to a landscape painter.
Which literary device is used in this sentence?
O Allusion
Analogy
Hyperbole
Metaphor

Analogy

Explanation:

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Analogy

Explanation:

An analogy is a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect. So since soil is used by gardeners and oil is used by landscape painters this is a comparsion of two unlike things that have a similar aspect compared. If that makes sense. When you see is to or : that is a sign that it is usually an analogy.

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dr. kings dream speech

explanation:

it was late in the day and hot, and after a long march and an afternoon of speeches about federal legislation, unemployment and racial and social justice, the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. finally stepped to the lectern, in front of the lincoln memorial, to address the crowd of 250,000 gathered on the national mall.