<span>An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, noun phrase, clause, or sentence. </span>
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) .
