The correct answer is simile.
In the sentence, “And combs until the beard shines like a cormorant’s wing,” the word like is being used to compare two things which means this is a simile.
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Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) expanded judicial powers the most, and answers argue that his contributions to the "concept of judicial review" (one answer argued that he created the concept) and establishment of a unified court opinion led to a Supreme Court.
C. My English teacher gave me a million and one pages to read tonight!
A paradox is a literary device that uses two opposing thoughts which may appear senseless, but turns out that it contains a kind of truth in it. A consonance is also a literary device by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases or poems. From the given question above, the line that contains both paradox and consonance is option D: At least to know the worst is sweet.
