Identify the rhetorical device used in the sentence: 'The tiger's heart was a drum that beat in rhythm with the jungle's pulse.'

Step-by-step solution

1. Recognise that the sentence compares the tiger's heart to a drum without using 'like' or 'as'.
2. Since it directly equates two unlike things, it is a metaphor.

Concept tested: Rhetorical device identification

Published 27 September 2026 · How this solution was prepared and checked