From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

As old as the hills

Simile

The answer is OPTION 1 - Simile

1. Pun

• Meaning: A pun is a play on words — it uses words that have similar sounds or multiple meanings to create humor or a clever effect.

• Example:

  • Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
    (Here, "flies" is used in two different senses.)

  • As old as the hills" is not a pun — there’s no wordplay happening.

2. Personification

• Meaning: Personification gives human qualities (like feelings, actions, or speech) to non-human things (animals, objects, or ideas).

• Example:

  • The sun smiled down on us.
    (The sun is given the human action of smiling.)

 "As old as the hills" is not personification — the hills are not doing anything human.

3. Simile

• Meaning: A simile compares two different things directly, usually using the words like or as.

  Example:

  • She is as graceful as a swan.
    (Direct comparison using "as".)

 "As old as the hills" is a simile — it compares age using "as."

4. Metaphor

• Meaning: A metaphor also compares two different things but without using like or as. Instead, it says one thing is another thing.

• Example:

  • Time is a thief.
    (Time is directly called a thief.)

 "As old as the hills" is not a metaphor — because it uses "as," it’s a simile.