Question

“I picked’ em because they’re pretty like you”.
(Name and explain the figure of speech in the above line.)

Answer 1

Hint:A deliberate deviation from ordinary language is a figure of speech or rhetorical figure, chosen to achieve a rhetorical effect. Traditionally, speech figures are grouped into schemes that differ from the ordinary series or pattern of terms and tropes, where terms have a meaning other than what they normally say.

Complete answer:
A simile is a link between two different items that use the words "like" or "as." The figure of speech used is similar. The daughter compares her mother to the flower- they're pretty like you.

Additional Information:
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition. It can be a metaphor or simile, designed to make a comparison. It can be the repetition of alliteration or the exaggeration of hyperbole to provide a dramatic effect.
Any deliberate deviation from literal or normal use that emphasises, clarifies or embellishes both written and spoken language. Figure of speech. Speech figures are found in oral literature as well as in polished poetry and prose and in everyday speech, forming an integral part of language. Greeting-card rhymes, advertising slogans, newspaper headlines, cartoon captions, and family and institutional mottoes often use speech figures, usually humorous, mnemonic, or eye-catching purposes.

The common types of figures of speeches are- Alliteration, Anaphora,Assonance,Euphemism,Hyperbole,Irony,Metaphor,Onomatopoeia,Oxymoron,Personification,Simile,Synecdoche,Understatement.

Hence the correct answer is ‘Simile’.

Note:First we have to learn and understand all types of figure of speech. After getting the basic understanding of all types of figures of speech. Read the given sentence carefully and understand the sense of the sentence and then decide which type of figure of speech it is.