plz help asap i am in my mile stone RIGHT NOW! When I realized that my dog had been run over, my heart stopped like a broken clock. What figure of speech is used in this sentence? A) hyperbole Eliminate B) metaphor C) personification D) simile
The answer to your question is B) Metaphor do to the metaphorically speech of his/her heart stopping like a broken clock he is using something and comparing it to something else in this case his heart is being compared to a broken clock.
it is a simile, because anything that says like or as, it's is a simile. A metaphor has no like or as, hyperbole is exagerating, and perso nification is when a non-living thing has an ability. Answer: simile.