Multiple choice

Which of the following lines from The Gift of the Magi uses a simile?

  1. “I’ve learned to drive a hard bargain.”

  2. “whirl of skirts and a brilliant sparkle in her eye . . .”

  3. “A final tear splashes on the worn carpet.”

  4. “....shining like a cascade of brown water.”
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Explanation

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words like or as. The phrase shining like a cascade of brown water uses like to compare hair to water.

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