Read the passage below. Then, write a response answering the following questions: Which type of figurative language is used in this passage? How does this figurative language contribute to the meaning of the passage? How does it clarify your understanding?
Passage
I'm hoping the budding Michelangelo in my drawing class goes after that scholarship. I know in my gut that he would succeed, and the world needs more artists like him. The only thing holding him back is his own self-doub

The figurative language used in the passage is metaphor.The figuaritive language contributs to the meaning of the passage because Michelangelo has a feeling in his get which is metaphorical. It helps clarify my understanding of the passage because it tells me that Michelangelo has a feeling that he will succeed and he feels like he did good.

Explanation:

This is what I think the figurative language is, but I know the rest is right.

It's a metaphor because he had a metaphorical feeling in his gut that he will succeed and you can't get that feeling in your gut. It's trying to tell you that he feels lucky and that he feels like he succeeded.