I can't figure out what literary device this is...?

Question

i'm reading a book that i need to annotate and there's something that i want to highlight but i'm not sure what it is.

a preacher says, "there were bits of Jesus coming out of my mouth every time i talked."

i don't think that's a metaphor, right? it's something else.

please help! thanks : )

Answer 1

It is in fact, a metaphor.

Metaphor Examples

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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/g...

Answer 2

It's a type of trope very similar to metaphor, but it's actually METONYMY

This is a literary device that replaces something with another through close proximity. In this case, the "bits of Jesus" are in reference to "bits of bread". The difference is that a metaphor compares two things that are seemingly unrelated.