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Zorluk: KolayLiterary Devices, Diction, and Style in Prose

Read the following prose extract:

"The news of the harvest reached the drought-stricken village like a sudden shower of cool rain, reviving the withered spirits of the farmers."

Which literary device is prominently used in the extract above to compare the news to a sudden shower?

  1. SimileCevap
  2. B
    Metaphor
  3. C
    Oxymoron
  4. D
    Assonance

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Simile
The extract directly compares the impact of the harvest news to a refreshing shower of rain using the explicit comparative word 'like', which defines a simile.

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1
Identify the comparative phrase in the prose extract.
The text compares 'the news of the harvest' to 'a sudden shower of cool rain' using the word 'like'.
The explicit presence of 'like' establishes an explicit direct comparison.
2
Determine the specific figure of speech based on the explicit comparative marker.
A comparison between two distinct things using explicit words such as 'like' or 'as' is a simile.
This fulfills the exact definition of a simile.

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Identification of Simile in Prose
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Literary Devices, Diction, and Style in Prose

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