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sweet-ann [11.9K]
3 years ago
9

They indicate a channel, he said, "where there's none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaw

s. They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut." Which type of figurative language is used in the quote above? hyperbole personification simile metaphor
English
1 answer:
denpristay [2]3 years ago
5 0
This is a SIMILE - if words such as 'as' or 'like' are used in order to compare two things (in this case, 'giant rocks with razor edges crouch LIKE a sea monster with wide open jaws'), then it is a simile. 
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