Question

Read this excerpt from Common Sense:

If we omit [the chance for a new government] now . . . Massanello . . . may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge.
What kind of figurative language does Thomas Paine use here?
A.Rhetorical question
B.Personification
C.Parallelism
D.Simile

Answer 1

simile :) -apex

Answer 2

I believe the correct answer from the choices listed above is option D. The kind of figurative language that Thomas Paine used would be simile. It a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Hope this answers the question.