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Which figurative language does the author use in the sentence hummingbird was skinny and very short like a fragile little sapling

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It’s a simile. A simile is figurative language used with “like or as”.
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The figurative language used in the sentence is called a simile. A simile is comparing one thing to another describing the to objects/terms as a like. You can tell is a sentence is a simile if the sentence has the words like or as when comparing to objects/terms. The sentence you stated has the word "like" ("...skinny and very short like a little sapling").

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