Question

*Identify the figurative language used: Life is but a walking shadow.* 1️⃣ Hyperbole 2️⃣ Simile 3️⃣ Metaphor​

Answer 1

The language used is Metaphor.

• The metaphor is a casual or inferred simile. Here the words, as, in this way, and so forth, which are utilized in comparison to show plainly the resemblance between two things, diverse in kind, are dropped.
• The comparison exists implied in an illustration in articulation of character between two unique articles. In the given sentence, life and shadow are impliedly compared.
• Thus,  Life is but a walking shadow is a metaphor.