What stylistic technique is used in the following lines from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens? ...like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy allusion connotation metaphor simile

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What stylistic technique is used in the following lines from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens?

...like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy

allusion
connotation
metaphor
simile

English
high-school

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Answer:

metaphor

is your answer.

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