Question

What figure of speech does Wharton use in the following passage from Paragraph 40 of "April Showers"?

... she had barely breath to
whisper the editor's name to a young man who looked out at her from a glass case, like a zoological specimen.

Answer 1

Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

the speaker uses direct comparison which is "like" to compare a man who looked out at her from a glass case with a zoological specimen