In the sentence, "The city at night was a glittering jewel, sprawled across the velvet cloth of the valley," what type of figurative language is primarily used?

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D) Metaphor. A metaphor directly compares two unlike things by stating that one *is* the other, without using 'like' or 'as.' Here, the city is directly called a 'glittering jewel' and the valley a 'velvet cloth.'

In the sentence, "The city at night was a glittering jewel, sprawled across the velvet cloth of the valley," what type of figurative language is primarily used?

✓ Correct Answer: Option D

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