Read the sentence.

Lori is as strong as an ox, so I'm sure it will be no problem for her to help you bring those boxes up to the third floor.

What type of figurative language is the phrase "as strong as an ox"?

simile
metaphor
personification
oxymoron

Respuesta :

it would be an example of a simile

It would be a simile.

Similes use like or as.

Example: Strong as an ox

Metaphors make a comparison using unusual words.

Example: Her voice is music to my ears

Personification gives inanimate objects human traits.

Example: The starts in the night sky winked at me

An oxymoron used direct opposites

Example: Pretty ugly, deafening silence