Exam number 703281RR

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Question 4 of 20:

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4. In the following sentence, what literary device is used in the words in italies?

Suddenly, he clapped his large hand on the housekeeper's, like a trap, as she stretched it across the table.

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Polysyndeton

D. Alliteration

B. simile

Explanation:

In literature, a simile shows the similarities between two different things by comparing them using "like" and "As". An allusion refers to an event, object, person or story. In the reader's mind, An allusion will make a comparison. An alliteration will share the same consonant sound at the beginning of the two or more words in a line or phrase of poetry. In literature, Polysyndeton uses coordinating conjunctions for getting the artistic effect.