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Which of the following shows the use of simile?Select one:a."But ranged as infantry,/And  staring face to face, ..”.b."What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?”c.“And be one traveler, long I stood/ And looked down one as far as I could”d.“Today, like every day, / we are ruined and lonely “

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Which of the following shows the use of simile?Select one:a."But ranged as infantry,/And  staring face to face, ..”.b."What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?”c.“And be one traveler, long I stood/ And looked down one as far as I could”d.“Today, like every day, / we are ruined and lonely “

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The use of simile is shown in option b. "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?” A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things using the words "like" or "as". In this case, the comparison is made using the word "like" to compare a deferred dream to a raisin drying up in the sun.

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