Question

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence Once ingested these capsules send an internal body temperature reading to a portable device that is like a Palm Pilot?

A) dissonance
B) irony
C) paradox
D) simile

Answer 1

Simile

Explanation: It used to work "like" "like a palm pilot"

"like" and "as" are good hints for a simile. also I took the usa test prep

Answer 2

The answer is D because it uses the word like to compare one thing to another.