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  • Question
  • Which of the following is an example of a simile?


  • Options
  • A. Clouds of vanilla cotton candy floated in the sky.
  • B. His stomach rumbled like an approaching train.
  • C. She was drowning in a sea of grief.
  • D. He was a hurricane in her heart.

  • Correct Answer
  • His stomach rumbled like an approaching train. 

    Explanation

    In the given options, "His stomach rumbled like an approaching train" is an example of Simile.

    All the other options are examples of metaphors. 

     

    Simile and Metaphor are both figure of speeches in English which are used for comparing things but the only difference is Simile uses LIKE or AS words in comparing and metaphor directly compares without using any words.

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