Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence from George Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying? The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket.

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Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence from George Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket.

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This is a metaphor as it clearly states the the public are swine when in literal terms they are not.

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