Question

The back yard was covered in late afternoon sunlight. The leaves danced in the trees, delighted that spring had finally arrived. The tulips were bright slashes of color like a child's crayon drawing. In the garden, the first green shoots were pushing out of the soil to greet the warmth of the sun. Sitting on the porch swing, I drank in the beauty of nature, a delicious treat. Which sentence from the paragraph is an example of a simile?        A. The tulips were bright slashes of color like a child's crayon drawing.   B. In the garden, the first green shoots were pushing out of the soil to greet the warmth of the sun.   C. The back yard was covered in late afternoon sunlight.   D. The leaves danced in the trees, delighted that spring had finally arrived

Answer 1

It's A. Because a simile is a fugue of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind.