What kind of figurative language does thomas paine use here? a)rhetorical question b)personification c)parallelism d)simile

Read this excerpt from Common Sense:

The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak.

What kind of figurative language does Thomas Paine use here?

A.) Diction

B.) Personification

C.) Simile

D.) Ethos

C.) Simile (APEX class ;)

Also i had to type this all out but it's okay because I have 130+ WPM

b. is correct just got it right.

step-by-step explanation:

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.