Read the sentence below: when the food finally arrived it was hot and dry as the desert. this sentence uses which of the following to communicate an idea? allusion analogy hyperbole simile

It was a hyperbole, the reason being is that similes would add; it is AS hot and dry as the desert, not just it was hot and dry as the desert.

Similes directly compare by using like or as.

Hyperboles is an exaggeration that doesn't use like or as in order to emphasize its point.

the black night was split open like the coconut

it says that it was totally black in the mind of a person but suddenly his mind opened like a coconut with the sweetness of the coconut water and the white color inside it.

or

the black night was thrown like a coconut and it slit apart with its sweet water coming out .

2nd option

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