Answer: simile
Explanation: the snow is compared to a wrinkled carpet
when we have the words " like " and " as ... as " for comparison then the lietrally device is simile.
If a politician tells you that "everybody is joining his team", then this is called a Bandwagon Propaganda. Bandwagon is a persuasive technique of propaganda, wherein others are encouraged to do the same act as what others do because the majority of the people agreed in joining them. An example of a Bandwagon technique is, "Most of the people are voting for this candidate. We should vote for him too."