which of these sentences contains figurative language?
1.this must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story i am going to relate.

2.the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait.

3.the sound resounded through the house like thunder.

4.scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal.

3

Explanation:

Its a simile using the word "like" to compare 2 unlike subjects

3

Explanation: the sound resounded through the house like thunder because it's empty and which allow the house to contain more sound and spread through the emptiness of the house to create more echoes

there is no reason to represent a false dillemma.

honestly you should not write it the word placement is not right and this does not sound right so i think you should write it this way. the life lessons i refused to learn, taught me the hard way this sounds way better you should try it! hope this is very !