C, both of these.
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Answer: The main purpose of the rising action in a short story is to build interest and suspense. In the rising action, a series of events build toward the point of greatest interest. The rising action of a story is the series of events that begin immediately after the exposition (introduction) of the story and builds up to the climax.
Simile. In the sentence "Shining like a cascade of brown waters" It compared her hair to water and used the word "like"
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