Question

it came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. it towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmakers claws close to its oily reptilian chest. each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. and from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. and the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. it closed its mouth in a death grin. it ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight. which of the following phrases from the passage above is a simile? \its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs\ \exposing a fence of teeth like daggers\ \each lower leg was a piston\ \and the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone\

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as". The phrase "exposing a fence of teeth like daggers" uses "like" to compare teeth to daggers. The other options do not use "like" or "as" for comparison. "Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs" is an appositive, "each lower leg was a piston" and "and the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone" are metaphors.

Answer:

"exposing a fence of teeth like daggers"