Use the sentence to answer the question.

The pond was so still that it looked like a silvery mirror under the moonlit sky.

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

imaginative
imaginative

literal
literal

simile
simile

metaphor

1 answer

The figurative language used in the sentence is metaphor. The pond is compared to a "silvery mirror," suggesting it reflects the moonlit sky, which is a metaphorical comparison rather than a literal one.