This is an emergency need unlike a metaphor, a simile: a. is more poetic and informal. b. uses comparison words, such as "like" and "as." c. is an objective term, not a subjective one. d. gives a suggested meaning rather than a literal one.

B.uses comparison words, such as "like" and "as."

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

i would pick a. i think this is more of a personal question though.