Question

What literary device does the following sentence use?
Suddenly, he clapped his large hand on the housekeeper's, like a trap, as she stretched it across the table.
Question 13 options:

A)

Simile

B)

Personification

C)

Allusion

D)

Alliteration

Answer 1

The sentence uses the literary device:

A) Simile

This is indicated by the comparison "like a trap," which draws a resemblance between the action of clapping the hand and the function of a trap.