Which excerpt from the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck" by Cathy Song is an example of a simile?

A. "her legs folded beneath her / as she sits on a buckwheat pillow"

B. "Morning begins the ritual/wheel of the body"

C. "The peach-dyed kimono / patterned with maple leaves"

D. "She dips a corner of her sleeve / like a brush into water"

Answer

D. "She dips a corner of her sleeve / like a brush into water"

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the word "like" or "as." In this excerpt, the comparison "like a brush into water" directly compares the action of dipping the sleeve to the gentle motion of a brush being dipped into water. This creates a vivid image and is an example of a simile.

The other options do not use "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison, making them not similes: