Question

"The audience’s applause sounded like ocean waves" is an example of what literary device? A) climax B) conflict C) irony D) simile

Answer 1

D) Simile- comparison of two or more things using like or as:)

Answer 2

D. Simile because applause by the audience is being compared to ocean waves using the word "like" A simile are two things being compared using "like" or "as"

It wouldn't be climax because that's when the most intense part of something and it's not irony because that's when you mean the opposite of what you actually mean.