Which of the following is a simile?
A. The blood was alive, like the dog.
B. No matter how fast he runs, the wet feet will freeze the harder.
C. He should not have built the fire under the spruce tree.
D. The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head.
Answer (3)
**a. The blood was alive like the dog. **
In the given question, we refer to the corresponding query of simile. Moreover, simile is a figure of speech which compares two distinct objects with the use of “like”, “similarly”, “as” and etc. For example. She is like a white dove. My hands looks similarly like a ginger. And like the option above, the sentence compares blood is similar to the dog.
A simile is a direct comparison of two things using the words like or as. Similes can be very explicit for the purpose of conveying a specific meaning and can help increase clarity and lead people to personally connect to a meaning since they must visualize the comparison in their minds. The correct option that contains a simile is a. The blood was alive, like the dog. A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things, explicitly indicated by the words like or as. In this example, the comparison is made using the word like, hence it is a simile. The rest of the options do not use like or as to make a direct comparison and do not contain similes.
The correct answer is A. The blood was alive, like the dog, which uses the word "like" to make a comparison, making it a simile. Options B, C, and D do not contain any comparisons using "like" or "as."
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