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Identify the poetic device (figure of speech) used in the given line:

He is the Einstein of my class

Solution

Correct Option: 4

The line 'He is the Einstein of my class' directly equates a person with Einstein without using 'like' or 'as'. A direct comparison without those connective words is a metaphor.

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