Question

Read the passage below and answer the question.

"I will do so, I promise you," answered Sancho, "and will keep this precept as carefully as Sunday."

What type of figurative language is exemplified in the above passage?

A.metaphor
B.simile
C.symbolism
D.personification

Answer 1

B. simile because it uses the word 'as' when comparing 2 unlike things- precept and Sunday.

Answer 2

B. Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile is a figurative language that uses comparisons to describe a thing, animal or someone, with the purpose of making the writing or the speech more colorful, meaningful, memorable and interesting. We can identify a simile in a text because it uses the words "like", "as" and "as in", and others to compare, such as it appears in the passage: "and will keep this precept as carefully as Sunday". In here, Sancho is comparing the way he will keep a precept to the way "Sunday" keeps a precept while using "as."