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Read this sentence from paragraph 26.

Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.

A.What literary device is used in this sentence?

B.Simile, comparing Jim to a hunting dog pointing at a bird

C.Hyperbole, exaggerating Jim's slow movement toward the dog

D.Personification, portraying the dog as a person who has stopped

E.Symbolism, representing Jim's surprise as the smell of a bird

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The literary device used in the sentence is a simile. Similies use the words: like or as.

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