Identify the simile among the given options:
A. They ran like the wind.
B. She was a bird – free to fly anywhere.
C. The creaking door swung open.
D. They liked their new home.

Hint: Simile is a figure of speech which is used in a sense to draw similarity between two things which have minimum to no similarities at all. This is done to give a sense of understanding to the reader and keeping them in loop with what the writer is trying to express.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A – This option describes how they ran by using a comparison with the wind. This indicates that they ran as swiftly and with the speed of wind. In real sense, humans and wind do not have much similarity; however, the writer could draw the similarity between these two non-relevant things to help the reader understand their point of view better. Hence this is the right answer.
Option B – This shows that a similarity is being drawn between the given things – ‘she’ and ‘bird’, which is to say that she could fly anywhere like a bird. However, simile uses terms to draw comparison with words such as ‘like’ but the use of such words is absent here, hence this is not the right option.
Option C – This option explains that there was a door that was creaky in nature and it swung open, but no sign of comparison or similarity is seen here. Hence this is not the right option.
Option D – This sentence just explains how they liked their new home. It is a simple sentence with a simple explanation, but no sign of comparison or similarity is seen here. Hence this is not the right option.

Thus, the correct option is A.

Note:
The presence of words such as ‘like’ and ‘as’ is very important to form or identify a simile as a simile derives comparison.