Question

What kind of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? Samuel sat as still as a sculpture in a wax museum while the wasp floated around him, trying to locate the sweet scented cake on the table.

a) simile
b) no figurative language
c)personification
d)metaphor

Answer 1

the figurative used in the sentence is simile. similes compare two varied object/subjects using "like" or "as". the subject, samuel, is being compared to a statue using the word "as", therefore it is a simile.