This literary device directly equates two unlike things, as in calling time a thief, without using like or as.

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02This literary device compares two things explicitly using like or as, as in describing someone as brave as a lion.RECALL
Simile
A simile compares two things explicitly using like or as, as in describing someone as brave as a lion.
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03This literary device gives human qualities to non-human things, as when the wind is said to whisper.RECALL
Personification
Personification gives human qualities to non-human things, as when the wind is said to whisper.
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04This literary device exaggerates deliberately for effect, as in claiming to have told someone a million times.RECALL
Hyperbole
Hyperbole exaggerates deliberately for effect, as in claiming to have told someone a million times.
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