Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The moon had been rising later and later every night until now it was seen only at dawn. And whenever the moon forsook evening and rose at coc-crow the nights were as black as charcoal.

What best describes the literary device Achebe employs in this excerpt from Things Fall Apart?

allusion
irony
metaphor
simile

Answer 1

Answer: D) Simile.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." In the given excerpt from "Things Fall Apart" we can see an example of a simile in the phrase "the nights were as black as charcoal" it is comparing the night with charcoal using the word "as."