Question

Which is the best definition of simile?

A.
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as; for example, "Nancy's cheeks are as red as roses"

B.
a figure of speech that gives human traits or characteristics to non-human objects; for example, "the wind laughed"

C.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is spelled the same forward and backward; for example, "a man, a plan, a canal, Panama"

D.
a figure of speech that uses one part of something to represent the whole thing; for example, "the footsteps followed her"

Answer 1

The answer to this question is:
A.
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as; for example, "Nancy's cheeks are as red as roses"

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Answer 2

The answer is A.

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