Question

There is a solid sand-bar under it that is nearly as straight up and down as the side of a house."
What kind of figurative language is used in this quotation from the selection?
A) hyperbole
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) simile

Answer 1

It would be a hyperbole, because its exaggerating the height of the sand bar. 

Answer 2

But it is a comparison using like or as