Question

Read the following excerpt from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-jaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'-castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces.

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in this excerpt?


simile

irony

idiom

metaphor

Please answer quickly!

Answer 1

I think it may be irony

Answer 2

I think it is an smile because a simile uses like or as