A simile is a comparison of one thing to another, for example "smart as a fox".
The only comparison to something else that I find in the lines above is "like the rusty latch" - and this is a simile. The correct answer is then a) .
I would say the best answer is A. Answer choice B is rather absurd and answer choice C doesn't exactly make any sense.
I put 2 trapezoids together to make a hexagon i did this by putting the bottom of the trapezoids together.
