Question

A commercial that compairs dry skin to a desert is using which literary device?​

Answer 1

Simile: Dry Skin is LIKE a desert
Metaphor: Dry skin IS a desert

Simile is comparing using the words like it as and Metaphors directly state a comparison

Answer 2

It is a metaphor.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is the comparison of two things to that is not literally applicable. It would be a simile if the comparison uses like or as.