Question

Which of the following best describes the use of woollen curtain in this passage?

• A. simile, meaning the direct comparison of two different things using “like” or “as.”
• B. comic relief, meaning it offers humour in a tense situation.
• C. personification, meaning something described as if it were human.
• D. personification, meaning something described as if it were human.

Answer 1

The correct option is A simile, meaning the direct comparison of two different things using “like” or “as.”

When the narrator says, “The rain was as thick as a woollen curtain,” she is comparing the rain to a curtain by using a simile. Just as a woollen curtain is too thick to see through, the rain was so thick that it obscured the narrator’s view. Therefore (A) is correct.This line does not offer any humor. Therefore (B) is incorrect. Neither a woollen curtain nor the rain is described as human. Therefore (C) is incorrect.