Question

drops of water fell on the red blanket and soaked into dark icy spots. father paul sprinkled the grave and the water disappeared almost before it touched the dim, cold sand; it reminded him of something — he tried to remember what it was, because he thought if he could remember he might understand this. he sprinkled more water; he shook the container until it was empty, and the water fell through the light from sundown like august rain that fell while the sun was still shining, almost evaporating before it touched the wilted squash flowers.
which type of figurative language is included in this passage?
simile
personification
hyperbole

Explanation:

The passage uses the word "like" to compare the water falling through sundown light to August rain that evaporates before hitting wilted squash flowers. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two distinct things using "like" or "as", which matches this example. Personification would involve giving human traits to non-human things, and hyperbole is extreme exaggeration, neither of which appear here.

Answer:

simile