"The two men watched the torch as it bobbed and bounced in the darkness like a child's fears." is an example of what figurative language? Explain what this means.
1 Answer
Jan 29, 2018
I think it is an simile since the torch bobbing and bouncing has been compared to a child's fears.
Explanation:
The statement "the torch bobbed and bounced...... like a child's fear" means that the torch bobbed and bounced just like a child gets scared too suddenly or how a child's fear heightens or decreases in the blink of an eye.
Since the comparison has been done using the word "like" the figure of speech is a simile.
