The wooden splinter felt as sharp as a needle when it pierced my skin.
A.
It is a hyperbole to illustrate how the wooden splinter felt to the narrator.
B.
It is a metaphor used to compare the wooden splinter to a sharp needle.
C.
It is a simile used to compare the wooden splinter to a sharp needle.
D.
It is imagery to illustrate how the wooden splinter felt to the narrator.
1 answer
The underlined portion of the sentence is "as sharp as a needle."
The correct answer is:
C. It is a simile used to compare the wooden splinter to a sharp needle.
A simile uses "as" or "like" to make a comparison between two different things, in this case, the sharpness of the wooden splinter and that of a needle.
