It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
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A simile is a method for comparison of a thing with something different. It creates a realistic feeling to the situation, imagined or visualized distinctively.
Let us read the sentence from the story, as mentioned by the author.
"I pulled the heavy double doors open; the hinges squeaked like a platoon of lost ghosts."
The squeaky sound of the hinges because the door had not been used for a long time. The narrator is unfamiliar with what lies behind the door.
The hinges, compared to a platoon of lost ghosts, give a scary feeling to the sentence.
Hence, the answer is the second answer choice -
It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
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You can take your time on tests, and when you're done check you're answer. You can read your essays backwards(when you do this your brain pays more attention because it is doing something different). You can finish work on time. You can ask for extra credit options. You can study for tests everyday(if you study before you go to sleep it helps you remember what you need to).
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law number eight states: "If any one steals cattle or sheep, or a pig or a goat, if it belongs to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor." This means that if a man steals a sheep that's owned by the ruling class in Mesopotamia, he would be required to pay 30 times the amount of the
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