Answer:
is this what you want?
Explanation:
Communicable diseases:
The communicable diseases are the disease which passes from one individual to another individual. They are caused by bacteria, viruses and another pathogen. This can be communicated by air, sharing clothes or even by sharing food.
Non-communicable diseases:
There exist a non-communicable disease which cannot be transmitted via any medium into any other person. An example is an autoimmune disease like arthritis, thyroid, myopia, beriberi, nyctalopia. This disease is caused by either a shook up or a decrease in nutrients.
The answer is a simile. This is because similes compare two things (these things here are his life and the dusty yards) by using like or as (specifically here as).
The other ones don't make sense: nothing is being over exaggerated (hyperbole), there are no repeating consonants (alliteration), and there are no human characteristics being given to inhuman subjects (personification).