Read the excerpt below and answer the question. but the real remained, – the real, like the flat, bare, oozy tide-.130) the excerpt above is an example of hyperbole a simile a metaphor a motif

This excerpt comes from the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in which she depicts the reality of slavery , but with the hope that faith can bring.  

Question: The excerpt above is an example of .

a simile  

A simile is a figure of speech in which things are compared. Here the real is compared to the flat , bare , oozy tide-mud  

Explanation:

Simile is a rhetorical figure which uses comparative resources between literary terms. Like this example, when says like the flat, bare, oozy tide-mud...

So, whenever comparative is applied, simile is your rhetorical figure there.

answer; i believe the correct answer is ( indirect characterization);

1. both men a determined to break douglass.

2. douglass is still considered to be one of captain anthony's possessions.

3. douglass escapes to freedom in the north and changes his name.

4. the events are usually written from a distance in time.

5. the recording of events in chronological order.