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FinnZ [79.3K]
3 years ago
10

"As quiet as a mouse" is an example of what?

English
2 answers:
dem82 [27]3 years ago
5 0
Simile, because a simile needs like or as in the sentence
RUDIKE [14]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

metaphor

Explanation:  the def of meatphor is :

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

and that is like how you cant say a human is actually as quite as a mouse so its a metaphor

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