simile
Explanation: The comparison of Armando closing himself off at the party to an oyster closing its shell is a simile.
15.
Read the passage.
Armando sat on the couch. Everyone else seemed to be having fun. He hated parties. Like an oyster, he closed his shell, and wouldn’t talk to anyone.
Which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?
allusion
metaphor
personification
simile
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