Question

WILL NAME BRAINLIST used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the smartweed soon turned a rich copper color and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like cocoons about the swollen joints of the stem.
Q:
A:
What type of figurative language is contained in this sentence from the passage?
A) hyperbole
B) alliteration
C) personification
D) simile

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

there are comparing leaves to cocoons

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Answer 2

Answer:

D) simile

Explanation:

The type of figurative language that we find in this text is a simile. A simile is a comparison that is done of two items through the use of a comparative word such as "like" or "as." The purpose of the simile is to create a vivid image in the mind of the reader that clarifies the meaning of the text. In this case, the author uses a simile when he says that the narrow brown leaves were "curled like cocoons."