"I must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals . . ."
Question 16 options:
A)
Hyperbole
B)
Metaphor
C)
Simile
D)
Allusion
1 answer
The figurative language used in the excerpt is a simile. The phrase "as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals" compares the awakening of terror to the sound of cymbals using "as," which is characteristic of similes.
So, the correct answer is:
C) Simile
