Question

What part of speech is used in the following sentence: "Intrigued, Harmetz wrote a piece that described the series as being 'as contagious as chicken pox'”?

paradox

oxymoron

personification

metaphor

hyperbolex

simile

Answer 1

Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

A simile uses "as" or "like".

eg

As brave as a lion.

Like father like son.

As white as snow.