I believe it attempts to persuade reader to think or act in a certain way.
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It would be a simile because a simile is a comparison using "like" or "as"
It's not B. It doesn't have quotation marks.
Not C because the first word in the quotations needs to be capitalized.
Not D because the quotation need to surround the statement.
So your answer is A :)
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The commisionform a city government merges executive and legistlative function in a single froup of officials