What type of figurative language appears in the following sentence?

Question

The computer moaned and groaned as it rendered the large video file.

A. Simile <--- my answer
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbol

I chose A because the sentence uses "as", but I'm not sure that correct.

Answer 1

No.

The mere presence of "as" or "like" does not automatically indicate simile.

Look up the four possibilities here:
http://literary-devices.com/

Let me know what you decide.

Answer 2

@Writeacher so it would be personification? The computer is non-human making human noises?

Answer 3

B. Personification because the computer is making human noises.

Answer 4

um that's C. personification

Answer 5

metaphor