Which line from "Aunty Misery” is an example of a simile?

A simile compares two things using words such as “like” or “as.” In choice B, the voice is described as dry and hoarse “as if he had swallowed a desert,” comparing the voice to the imagined effect of swallowing a desert. The other lines do not make this kind of comparison.

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