Answer: association
Explanation:
The definition of association is a connection between two things, so this would also be the case for two ideas.
Well she met Ali Bawk Bah & she wanted to be powerful like him
The person above me is correct - this quite indeed uses the literary technique known as simile.
When you are comparing two things using words such as <em>like </em>or <em>as, </em>such as in this example ("like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain"), then it is a simile.
