<em>The answer to your question is: A simile.</em>
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<em>A simile is a the comparison between the subject of the sentence, and the thing it's getting compared to. You can usually spot a simile when you see the words like 'like and as, at the end of the subject and beginning of the </em> <em>thing it's getting compared to.</em>
She answers Mr. Smith's flight with the power of her own will. ... The rest of the first chapter introduces us to the novel's characters and the inner conflicts ... Ruth Foster Dead is an outsider in both the black community and the white community.