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Contemporary Indigenous American Voices — Quiz

Question 15 • English Language Arts 11

Which excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" contains a simile?

Answer
A
He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
B
They both stooped to fit through the low adobe entrance.
C
But there he was, facing into a cold dry wind and squinting at the last sunlight. . . .
D
. . . the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining.

Explanation

A simile compares two things using words such as “like” or “as.” In choice D, the water is compared to August rain with the word “like,” so “the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining” contains a simile.

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