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swat32
2 years ago
8

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? The photographers circled her like vultures above a totteri

ng lion cub.
A.personification
B.metaphor
C.simile
D.hyperbole
E.comparison
English
2 answers:
Ludmilka [50]2 years ago
7 0
The answer I got was c. simile. 
Serggg [28]2 years ago
5 0

The answer to your question would be that the type of figurative language used in the sentence above is the following one: Simile. That is, the correct option would be C.

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison by showing similarities between two different things. As opposed to a metaphor, it is a direct comparison because it draws resemblance with the help of the words "like" or "as".

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