The sentence uses the word like to compare auroras to billowing curtains. A direct comparison using like or as is a simile.
Identify the literary device in the sentence given below:
"shimmering displays of blue, red, yellow, green, and orange auroras shifting and snaking like billowing curtains across the pitch black sky..."
Choose the correct option:-
Held on 10 Jun 2023 · Verified 13 Jul 2026.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
assonance
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