Question

select the simile in the passage. a hundred-plus-miles-an-hour wind blew for an hour. it lifted up the awning on the café across the way, tore wooden shutters off old buildings, and even made the outer walls of our building shake—really shake, stone shaking, a scary sound. the winds lifted all the christmas trees that lined the street right up and sent them blowing like tumbleweeds down the boulevard saint - germain. one of them still had its lights on, plugged in on a long cord, writhing and blinking. from adam gopnik, paris to the moon. copyright 2000 by adam gopnik

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as". In the passage, we look for a phrase with "like" or "as" that compares two things. The phrase "sent them blowing like tumbleweeds" uses "like" to compare the blowing Christmas trees to tumbleweeds, so this is the simile.

Answer:

sent them blowing like tumbleweeds