Question

Which sentence most clearly uses figurative language?

Answer 1

The answer is (B).

"The streamers were red gashes cut across the sky"
Gashes are cuts from an injury. It tends to turn red as blood begins to ooze out in order to start the clotting process. This sentence suggests that the sky is capable of having a gash in it from a streamer.

Answer 2

B. The streamers were red gashes cut across the sky.