Question

Her voice was soft as silk This sentence contains an example of:

• A. metaphor
• B. hyperbole
• C. simile
• D. Irony

Answer 1

Answer:

C. simile

• A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”

• In the sentence “Her voice was soft as silk,” the comparison is made using “as.”
  — Her voice is being compared to silk to show it is very soft.