The literary device used in the sentence is a simile. Similies use the words: like or as.
<span>#1) Choose the sentence that uses proper in-text citations according to the MLA Handbook.
Answer: Out of all the options that are presented above the one that represents the sentence that uses proper in-text citations according to the MLA Handbook is Brown stated that breakfast is "the most important meal of the day" (107).
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