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Contemporary Indigenous American Voices

Question 10 • ELA 11B-CR

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 using “like,” so it contains a simile. The other excerpts do not make this kind of comparison.

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