The girl was looking off at the line of hills. they were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.

“they look like white elephants,” she said.

what type of figurative language is used in the passage above?

personification
simile

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The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.

"They look like white elephants," she said.

What type of figurative language is used in the passage above?

alliteration

metaphor

personification

simile

According to the above, the correct answer is the last option Simile

Explanation:

To begin with, figurative language refers to the non-literal language, which is used in poetry, literature and similar to aesthetical purposes and to convey meaning. In the case of simile, this is about creating a comparison between two elements, people, etc. by using words such as "like" or "as". This occurs in the section "They look like white elephants" because the author compares the hills with white elephants by using the word "like". Thus, the type of figurative language is clearly simile.