Will name brainlist used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the smartweed soon turned a rich copper color and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like cocoons about the swollen joints of the stem.
q:
a:
what type of figurative language is contained in this sentence from the passage?
a) hyperbole
b) alliteration
c) personification
d) simile

D) simile

Explanation:

The type of figurative language that we find in this text is a simile. A simile is a comparison that is done of two items through the use of a comparative word such as "like" or "as." The purpose of the simile is to create a vivid image in the mind of the reader that clarifies the meaning of the text. In this case, the author uses a simile when he says that the narrow brown leaves were "curled like cocoons."

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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