Question

Read the sentence below:

When the food finally arrived it was hot and dry as the desert.
This sentence uses which of the following to communicate an idea?
Allusion
Analogy
Hyperbole
Simile

Answer 1

It is a simile because it says AS dry as the desert.

Answer 2

It was a hyperbole, the reason being is that similes would add; it is AS hot and dry as the desert, not just it was hot and dry as the desert.

Similes directly compare by using like or as.

Hyperboles is an exaggeration that doesn't use like or as in order to emphasize its point.