Question

Crossing the sea by boat by vedi mehta q= The school compoud suddenly shrank in my mind, like a woolen sock mamaji had knitted for me".. What figurative sentence is this?

Answer 1

This figurative sentence is a simile.

Step-by-step explanation:

As you may already know, a figurative sentence is one that does not have a literal meaning, but a subjective and interpretative one. Regarding the figurative sentence shown in the question above, we can say that this sentence is similar.

The simile is a figure of speech that establishes a comparison between two completely different terms, but that have an element that allows them to be compared and to establish a meaning.

The similarity of the sentence can be observed when the speaker compares the shrinkage of the school compoud to the wool socks he had won. A school compoud and a wool sock are totally different, but the ability to shrink the two can be compared and establish meaning within a sentence. This is an example of a simile.