Identify the figurative language used in the sentence below. "During the hard days of high school, my father was my rock."

I believe the answer is Metaphor because it is comparing something without using like or as

Your answer would be that the figurative language used in the sentence is my father was my rock.

Explanation:

The sentence above contains a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some characteristics. That is, a comparison of two different objects is made base on a single or some common characteristics. In this case, the speaker compares his/her father to a rock to mean that he/she finds supports in him. He/she believes that his/her father is as strong as a rock.