This literary device compares two things explicitly using like or as, as in describing someone as brave as a lion.

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A simile makes an explicit comparison, often using like or as. Source: Simile ↗

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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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05A gap between expectations and reality creates this effect, as when a fire station burns down.RECALL
Irony
Irony creates a gap between expectation and reality, as in the irony of a fire station catching fire.
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