Question

select the correct answer.
a commercial that compares dry skin to a desert is using which literary device?
a. alliteration
b. irony
c. metaphorical language
d. literal language
e. assonance

Explanation:

Metaphorical language directly equates two unrelated things (dry skin to a desert) to emphasize a quality (extreme dryness) without using "like" or "as". Alliteration is repeated initial consonant sounds, irony is a contrast between expectation and reality, literal language uses words' actual meanings, and assonance is repeated vowel sounds—none of these match the comparison described.

Answer:

C. metaphorical language