Question

Read this sentence from “Everyday Use" and answer the question.

From the other side of the car comes a short, stocky man. Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail.

What type of figurative language is used to describe Hakim-a-barber’s hair?

Metaphor to compare his hair to a mule’s tail.
Hyperbole to exaggerate the disheveled look of his hair.
Imagery to invoke the sense of sight.
Simile to compare his hair to a mule’s tail.

Answer 1

Simile to compare his hair to a mule’s tail.

Answer 2

Simile to compare his hair to a mule's tail.

It is a simile because it uses "like a kinky mule tail."

It is comparing his hair to a mule tail, simile's use "like" or "as".