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

metaphor
metaphor

simile
simile

literal

Answer 1

The type of figurative language used in the sentence is **metaphor**. The comparison of the pond to a "silvery mirror" is a metaphor, as it suggests that the pond is reflecting the moonlight like a mirror would, without using "like" or "as," which would indicate a simile.