The author has uses a simile.
Simile
No
PROPORTION
measure
Contrast is to find difference between two things while comparison is to make difference between two things including positive and negative points to conclude which is better .
what is the definition of comparison and contrast writing
Things Fall Apart was written before Arrow of God. Here the comparison is timewise.
i think it means a comparison between 2 things
a metaphor i believe
The three degrees of comparison are:positive - no comparison (e.g. tall)comparative - between two things (e.g. taller, taller of, taller than)superlative - between three or more things (e.g. tallest, tallest of, the tallest)
simile
Analogy is basically just the comparison between two things.