What best describes the figurative language in the sentence below?

the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards.

idiom
simile
onomatopoeia
personification

Who said this in of pride & prejudice, and what type of irony does it show? “you mistake me, my dear. i have a high respect for your nerves. they are my old friends. i have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.” a.mrs. bennet: situational irony b.mr. bingley: dramatic irony c.elizabeth: proverbial irony d.mr. bennet: verbal irony