Question

I caught a tremendous fish

and held him beside the boat
half out of water, with my hook
fast in a corner of his mouth.
He didn't fight.
He hadn't fought at all.
He hung a grunting weight,
battered and venerable
and homely. Here and there
his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,
and its pattern of darker brown
was like wallpaper:

Which best describes the effect of simile on the overall meaning in this excerpt?

A. It compares the fish's skin to wallpaper to support the image of a shabby but admirable fish.

B. It explains that the fish is like a pattern to illustrate just how old it appears to the speaker.

C. It describes the fish as battered and homely to build on the theme of disillusionment.

D. It makes the fish take on the qualities of a grandparent to show how much the speaker respects it.

Answer 1

a . a simile is using like or as 

Answer 2

A is you answer. Remember what a simle is:a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).