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Read the following passage and answer the question. "Why, for weeks he was as brittle as a bamboo before it bursts into a flame!" What type of figurative language is demonstrated in this passage? onomatopoeia simile personification metaphor

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simile. You can tell similes apart from others because when they are compared similes use words "like" or "as"
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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 passage we can see an example of a simile in the phrase "he was as brittle as a bamboo before it bursts into a flame" it is comparing a person to a bamboo using the word "as." So, the correct answer is option B.