Answer:
FIGURTIVE LAUGAGE
E X S P L A N A T I O N:
because when using metaphors, and similes you are comparing things to eachother it can be literally but most times in writing for similes especially it's a comparison between different things and making a similarity. Like a sad person compared to a dark lonely cloud. You can identify similes easily if you look for like and as.
It's a little different for metaphors but almost the same.