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What type of descriptive language is used in the phrase

Alfonso walked over to his brother. He compared their two bikes: His gleamed like a handful of dimes, while Ernie's looked dirty. —“Broken Chain,” Gary Soto What type of descriptive language is used in the phrase

"His gleamed like a handful of dimes"?
What does the descriptive language show?

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The descriptive language which is used in the given excerpt is:

  • Simile

The thing which the descriptive language shows is:

  • How different the two bikes were

The descriptive language which was used in the given excerpt is simile as it makes use of "like" to compare the two bikes together by showing that the first bike looked like handful of dimes and the second bike looked dirty.

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