Which of these sentences contains figurative language?

A) Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal.

B) The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait.

C) The sound resounded through the house like thunder.

D) This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.

Question

Which of these sentences contains figurative language?
 	
A) Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal.

B) The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait.
	
C) The sound resounded through the house like thunder.

D) This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.

anonymous · Answer

"like thunder" is a comparison not to be taken literally, thus is figurative