Question

My mother's voice was like a cool, dark room in summer - peaceful, soothing, quiet.

Identify the type of figurative language used in the excerpt and how it adds to the overall characterization.

Answer 1

A simile is used to compare her voice to a "cool, dark room in summer- peaceful, soothing, quiet". This helps let readers know that she is most likely very nurturing, caring, and a definite "motherly figure"

Answer 2

The figurative speech is Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech where two things are directly compared and one is an exemplification of the other, it is widely used by writers because it helps to give specific qualities and characteristics to the people and places in the story, here the simile is describing the voice as something peaceful soothing and quiet.