Question

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. Answer the question that follows. "There was no breeze. The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window. We were drawing near the island then. What I felt was a--a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread." Which figurative language device is used in the bolded line? Allusion Metaphor Personification Simile

Answer 1

the answer is simile bc it uses as in its comparison

Answer 2

Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

They use "as" which means that it would be a simile. They are comparing the sea to a plate-glass window, they are trying to express how calm and flat the sea was. Its not a metaphor because it uses "as", metaphor is when you say something is another thing.