Which of the following is an example of a simile?

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Which of the following is an example of a simile?

A simile uses like or as to compare two different things. In the sentence, the tail is described as hanging “like a shoelace,” which makes a direct, vivid comparison between the mouse’s limp tail and a shoelace. That clear signal of likeness is what textually defines it as a simile. The other statements describe what happens or what the tail is like in a non-comparative way, or use an awkward phrasing that doesn’t form a straightforward simile. The first option stands out because the word like introduces the comparison and creates that imagery of a thin, limp tail.

A simile uses like or as to compare two different things. In the sentence, the tail is described as hanging “like a shoelace,” which makes a direct, vivid comparison between the mouse’s limp tail and a shoelace. That clear signal of likeness is what textually defines it as a simile.

The other statements describe what happens or what the tail is like in a non-comparative way, or use an awkward phrasing that doesn’t form a straightforward simile. The first option stands out because the word like introduces the comparison and creates that imagery of a thin, limp tail.

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