Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled the yellow stuccoed house. Big, solemn oaks grew close to it, and their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall.

This description of the setting gives examples of what type of figurative language?

A. Allusions
B. Hyperbole
C. Metaphors
D. Similes

Answer 1

I think it's similes.

Step-by-step explanation:

You can immediately cancel out allusions (reference to well-known person, place, or event outside the story) and hyperbole (an exaggeration, not to be entirely believed) leaving simile and metaphor. Because the word "like" shows up twice at the beginning and end- the roof came down steep and black like a cowl, their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall- we can assume the answer is simile. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

D. Similes

Step-by-step explanation:

Similes use comparison to describe people, things, events, elements, and others while employing the words “like,” or “as.” The description of the setting uses this figurative language when it uses “like” to describe how the roof came down: “steep and black like a cowl” and to describe how the tree branches shadowed the roof: “like a pall.”