I saw on the internet, someone said that it was <span>"consistent support of the topic sentence".( someone else said that on openstudy.com)</span> You dont need to get off topic :) Let me know if this helped
A metaphor makes a comparison by stating that one thing is something else, but a simile states that one thing is like something else.
The <span>The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's premier civil rights legislation.</span>