They indicate a channel, he said, "where there's none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaw
s. They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut." Which type of figurative language is used in the quote above? hyperbole personification simile metaphor
This is a SIMILE - if words such as 'as' or 'like' are used in order to compare two things (in this case, 'giant rocks with razor edges crouch LIKE a sea monster with wide open jaws'), then it is a simile.
