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In the following passage from

Paragraph 21 of "The
Celebrated Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County," Mark
Twain uses what figure of
speech?
"... but Dan'l give a heave, and
hysted up his shoulders so like
a Frenchman, but it wan's no
use he couldn't budge..."
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Onomatopoeia

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Answer:

Simile

it was right for me

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C- simile. because he used the word like
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