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"The sweet old lady increases her rocking pace in childlike excitement" Is this figurative language? If not, what could I substitute it for?

"The sweet old lady increases her rocking pace in childlike excitement" Is this figurative language? If not, what could I substitute it for?
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"The sweet old lady increases her rocking pace in childlike excitement" Is this figurative language? If not, what could I substitute it for?

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This is a metaphor.

Why?

Because the old lady's rocking pace is being compared to a childlike excitement. If the creator of the sentence had used like or as, this would have been a simile.
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