Read the sentence. lori is as strong as an ox, so i'm sure it will be no problem for her to you bring those boxes up to the third floor. what type of figurative language is the phrase "as strong as an ox"? simile metaphor personification oxymoron

A) Simile.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in a direct comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison often helps the reader to create a mental image, and to better understand a point. In the given sentence, we can see an example of simile in the phrase "as strong as an ox" the author is comparing Lori's strength to the strength of an ox, they are equally strong.

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