Read the excerpt from "morte d'arthur” by alfred, lord tennyson. but, as he walk’d, king arthur panted hard, like one that feels a nightmare on his bed what does the figurative language the reader understand? the metaphor the reader understand what the nightmare was about. the simile the reader understand king arthur’s pain. the metaphor the reader understand how little sleep king arthur got. the simile the reader understand king arthur’s dream.

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Correct answer is B.

The simile helps the reader understand King Arthur’s pain

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a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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