Why is this sentence an example of the use of simile?
"the least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point f a pin on the tender rind of a young oak."

a) a young oak tree is ascribed human qualities
b) a fracture is said to be the same thing as an engraved name
c) a fracture and an engraved name are compared using the word, "like"
d) an oak is used to suggest the strength of the american colonists

3.06 unit assessment: critical skills practice 1 answers?

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”

Compare and contrast spoon river anthology