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There is a solid sand-bar under it that is nearly as straight up and down as the side of a house." What kind of figurative language is used in this quotation from the selec…

There is a solid sand-bar under it that is nearly as straight up and down as the side of a house." What kind of figurative language is used in this quotation from the selec…
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There is a solid sand-bar under it that is nearly as straight up and down as the side of a house."

What kind of figurative language is used in this quotation from the selection?
A) hyperbole
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) simile

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It would be a hyperbole, because its exaggerating the height of the sand bar. 
User Adarsh Nanu
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But it is a comparison using like or as

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