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Excerpt from The Little Mermaid By Hans Christian Andersen


In another year the second sister received permission to rise to the surface of the water, and to swim about where she pleased. She rose just as the sun was setting, and this, she said, was the most beautiful sight of all. The whole sky looked like gold, while violet and rose-colored clouds, which she could not describe, floated over her; and, still more rapidly than the clouds, flew a large flock of wild swans towards the setting sun, looking like a long white veil across the sea. She also swam towards the sun; but it sunk into the waves, and the rosy tints faded from the clouds and from the sea

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Read the phrase from the excerpt. whole sky looked like gold= The simile emphasizes the -



A brightness of the sun



B value of the sky



C beauty of the sunset



D variety of colors

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C beauty of the sunset

The simile "the whole sky looked like gold" emphasizes the beauty of the sunset by highlighting the striking and vivid appearance of the sky at that moment.