What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'like a feather on the breeze'?

• A. Hyperbole
• B. Simile
• C. Metaphor
• D. Personification

Answer: (B)

This phrase is a simile. It uses the word like to make a direct comparison, linking something being described to a feather riding on the breeze. That “like” signals the comparison, painting a picture of lightness and easy movement.

Hyperbole would be an obvious exaggeration, not a gentle image. A metaphor would state that one thing is another without using like or as (for example, saying someone is a feather on the breeze). Personification would give human traits to a nonhuman thing, which isn’t happening here.