It is a simile, because the author used the words (like) and (a), those are always hints that it is a simile.
It's B. The verb 'tell' is ditransitive, i.e. , it can take both direct/indirect objects.
The answer to the given question above would be the third option. The reason why advertising would be more important in magazine publishing than it is in newspapers is that, most <span>profit generated by magazines comes from circulation count. Hope this answers your question.</span>
I see only two pronouns here: "you" and "I" - they are both personal pronouns, so the correct answer, whichever of them is underlined, must be "personal".
Some more information that might help:" a reflexive pronoun usually ends with -self, for example: oneself.
A demonstrative pronoun is for example "this"
