You mixed up your letters, but the answer is metaphor.
Similes and metaphors compare two unlike things, but similes use "like" or "as" while metaphors don't, and usually only use some form of "to be".
Answer:
B.
Explanation:
Steven's wallet was about to tear apart at the seams—hanging only by a single thread.
<span>Because the 'sanctity' of one thing, vs the non-sanctity of another is all the vanity of the judgmental dualistic imagination, the ego, of the beholder!!</span><span>
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