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Which literary device is used in this sentence from James Joyce’s “Araby”?

But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

A.
motif
B.
metaphor
C.
hyperbole
D.
simile

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User Corsaro
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Answer:

the answer is smile

Step-by-step explanation:

edmentum

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User AlwaysAStudent
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Answer:

D. Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

It compares similarities between two things, using the word "like," then the metaphor, where something is more

implicitly compared, saying that something "is" something else.

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User Chhavi
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