"We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind."
I would say a book. But I’m not sure. Sorry this isn’t much help!
Answer:A simile is saying something is like something else. A metaphor is often poetically saying something is something else. An analogy is saying something is like something else to make some sort of an explanatory point. You can use metaphors and similes when creating an analogy.
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