English, 26.09.2019 04:00, jamarstand

Which type of figurative language is used in the following excerpt?

"i must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as i was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals . ."

a. allusion
b. metaphor
c. simile
d. hyperbole

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Which type of figurative language is used in the following excerpt?

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