The figurative language used in the sentence "The steak was as tender as a leather boot" is a verbal irony. The comparison implies that the steak is not tender at all, contrasting the expectation of tenderness associated with steak and using the hard and tough characteristics of a leather boot for comparison.
Identify the figurative language in the sentence below.
The steak was as tender as a leather boot.
Verbal irony
Pun
Personification
Allusion
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