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Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 4 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC

Which line contains a simile?

Answer
A
“Three Queens with crowns of gold”
B
“an agony / Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills”
C
“And to the barge they came.”

Explanation

A simile compares two unlike things using a word such as “like” or “as.” In “an agony / Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills,” the lamentation is compared to a shrilling wind, so this line contains a simile.

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