Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.She sprang up. Rushed some distance from me. Fell to her knees, and began swaying, swaying. Her body was tortured with something it could not let out. Like boiling sap it flooded arms and fingers till she shook them as if they burned her. It found her throat, and spattered inarticulately in plaintive, convulsing sounds, mingled with calls to Christ Jesus.
Answer
A
Alliteration in “convulsing,” “calls,” and “Christ” mimics the sounds Fern made.
B
A simile compares Fern’s feelings to “boiling sap.”
C
A metaphor describes how Fern’s body is burned.
D
Hyperbole is used to describe how Fern moves after falling on her knees.
Explanation
The phrase “Like boiling sap” uses “like” to compare the feeling overwhelming Fern to boiling sap flooding through her body. That makes it a simile, so the correct choice is “A simile compares Fern’s feelings to ‘boiling sap.’”
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