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Passage:

 

Title: "A Symphony of Nature"

 

In the heart of the forest, the trees stood like ancient sentinels, their branches reaching for the heavens. The leaves whispered secrets to the wind, creating a gentle symphony that echoed through the woods. The river, a silver ribbon, danced and sparkled in the dappled sunlight, as if rejoicing in its freedom.

 

As the sun dipped below the horizon, the sky blazed with colours borrowed from a painter's palette. The fading light cast long shadows, stretching like silent storytellers across the forest floor. Night descended, and the stars emerged, scattered across the velvet sky like diamonds on black silk.

 

In this enchanted realm, nature painted its own masterpiece, using the canvas of earth and sky. It was a testament to the poetry of existence, where every leaf, every breeze, and every ray of light played its part in a harmonious composition.

 

In the sentence, "The trees stood like ancient sentinels," which type of figurative language is used?

 

Option: 1

 Simile


Option: 2

 Metaphor


Option: 3

 Personification


Option: 4

 Hyperbole


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The sentence uses the word "like" to make a comparison, which is a characteristic of a simile.

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Pankaj Sanodiya

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