Which line contains a simile comparing roaring to laughter of the damned?

• A. Rolling rumble and crash.
• B. The prince of darkness played his trombone like a madman: its brazen roaring were like the laughter of the damned.
• C. Strong melodious songs crackling splinters of glass and dried putty.
• D. What is poetry? Not a rose, but a scent of a rose.

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is recognizing a simile, a comparison that uses like or as. The line about the prince of darkness explicitly compares the roaring to the laughter of the damned with the word like, creating a vivid, eerie image of a roaring sound that resembles unholy laughter. That direct comparison is what makes it a simile and the best example for this question. The other lines describe sounds or imagery without making that kind of direct roar-as-laughter comparison, so they don’t fit the requirement.