Feelings. Hope this helps :)
Answer:
Explanation:
They said how was the weather.
The subjunctive mood is the best.
The subjunctive is rarely used in colloquial English. Totally irrelevant information, but... it is a relic from Latin, where there are many uses for a subjunctive. There is even a special conditional using the subjunctive mood that expresses the exact circumstances you described, which is usually called future less vivid.
It is a simile, because the author used the words (like) and (a), those are always hints that it is a simile.
