The pond was so still that it looked like a silvery mirror under the moonlit sky.

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

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Responses

literal

metaphor

simile

imaginative

That would be a simile kippy.

Is it?

The type of figurative language used in the sentence is a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as." In this case, the sentence compares the stillness of the pond to a silvery mirror under the moonlit sky using the word "like." To identify this type of figurative language, you can look for comparisons using "like" or "as" to describe something in a more imaginative or vivid way.

simile