What type of figurative language is used in the following line from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address to the nation? "The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans."

Allusion

Similar

Personification

Metaphor

Figurative language implies going beyond the meaning of words through the use of different techniques.

Allusion is when there's a reference to another work of literature, person, character, etc. For example, "He was a real Romeo with the girls of the class".

Similie is when two things are compared using "like" or "as" to introduce the phrase. For example, "I'm as busy as a bee".

Personification is giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, concepts, animals. For example, "the moon greeted me last night".

Metaphor is when a statement is made, but it doesn't literally make sense. This is the case we see in Kennedy's line. The torch conveys the idea and the symbol of the power, the responsibility that was being passed to them stating the beginning of a new era, of a "new generation of Americans".