Question

Determine which type of figurative language is provided in the following sentence.
The hills were the waves of a silvery green sea.

Metaphor

Hyberbole

Simile

Personification

Answer 1

The sentence "The hills were the waves of a silvery green sea." is an example of **metaphor**. A metaphor directly compares two different things without using "like" or "as," suggesting that the hills are being described as waves in a sea.