Question

which technique is used in the following excerpt from \as you like it?\all the worlds a stage,and all the men andwomen merely players...\allusion - a reference to a person, place, event, or another piece of literaturemetaphor - comparing two unlike things without using the words \like\ or \as\personification - giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing

Explanation:

The excerpt directly compares the world to a stage, and people to players, without using "like" or "as". This matches the definition of a metaphor. Allusion refers to referencing an external work/entity, which does not occur here. Personification gives human traits to non-human things, which is not the case in this line.

Answer:

metaphor - comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"