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“Many of them looked like deer caught in headlights as they waited for the examiner to call their names.”
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence above?
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Metaphor

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The correct answer is B) Simile.

Explanation: Simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another. It is different from metaphor because simile uses connecting words; like, as, so, than, etc.

"... as brave as a lion"

"I could eat like a horse."

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Answer: B) Simile.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." In the given sentence we can see an example of a simile that compares the students waiting for the examiner to call their names to deer caught in headlights. So the correct answer is option B.

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