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"As quiet as a mouse" is an example of what?

A.onomatopoeia

B.hyperbole

C.metaphor

D.simile

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Answer:

metaphor

Explanation: the def of meatphor is :

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

and that is like how you cant say a human is actually as quite as a mouse so its a metaphor

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Simile, because a simile needs like or as in the sentence
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