Question

read the dialogue from act i, scene iv of romeo and juliet. romeo: is love a tender thing? it is too rough, too rude, too boisterous; and it pricks like thorn. which part of the dialogue is a simile that refers to love a tender thing too rough too rude pricks like thorn

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison. Among the options, "pricks like thorn" uses "like" to compare how love pricks to how a thorn pricks, so it is a simile. The other options are descriptions without the comparison marker "like" or "as".

Answer:

D. pricks like thorn