Personification. Personification is when human-like qualities are attributed to non-human things, making the tin can seem as if it was capable of being transformed into a car.
That is hyperbole.
The type of figurative language in the sentence would need to be provided for an analysis to be made.
Personification is the type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
no
deconstruction
What type of figurative language did charles w chesnutt use for his books?
Deconstruction
This type of figurative language is symbolism.
I believe the type of figurative language in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics is anthropomorphism.
Hyperbole
Metaphor.
An oxymoron