English, 23.08.2019 13:30, cjhamilton8614

“we waited the entire day for the banquet dinner to be served. by the time they finally brought it out, several of us felt as though we were members of the donner party.”
this statement is what type of figurative language?
a) an allusion
b) personification
c) a metaphor
d) a simile

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“we waited the entire day for the banquet dinner to be served. by the time they finally brought it out, several of us felt as though we were members of the donner party.”
this statement is what type of figurative language?
a) an allusion
b) personification
c) a metaphor
d) a simile