Question

I was left alone in the room for M-E-N. I examined it with great care - the smooth enamel bowl with water in the bottom, the wooden lid with a large hole that looked like a horse collar, the small brown box up near the ceiling, the chain hanging from it. Pressed for time I finally decided it was safe enough to try.
—Barrio Boy,
Ernesto Galarza
Which type of figurative language is used to describe the toilet?
metaphor
personification
simile

Answer 1

It is a simile, it uses the word “like” to compare the toilet to a horse collar.

Answer 2

Simile

the sentence compares the toilet to a horse collar using the word “like”