Question

Which excerpt from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" contains an example of a simile?
O After a few minutes there was a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantastic raindrops, like tin-can tops,
crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiftlet's car.
O "Fifteen, sixteen," the old woman said. The girl was nearly thirty but because of her innocence it was impossible to
guess
O "I was raised thataway and there ain't a thing I can do about it. My old mother taught me how do."
O "That wouldn't hardly pay for more than the gas and the hotel," he said. "It wouldn't feed her."

Answer 1

The excerpt from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" contains an example of a simile is;

• After a few minutes there was a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantastic raindrops, like tin-can tops, crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiftlet's car.

What is a Simile?

A simile is a figure of speech which directly compares two things. Similes differ from other metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using comparison words which include; "like", "as", "so", or "than", while other metaphors create an implicit comparison.

• The simile in the excerpt is; a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantastic raindrops, like tin-can tops, crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiftlet's car.

Read more on simile;

https://brainly.com/question/2416704