Read the passage. John is extremely social. Whenever we go to parties together, he flies from person to person, busily making friends with everyone. Which figure of speech, or literary device, is the author using in the passage?

a. personification

b. implied metaphor

c. simile

d. allusion

I believe the answer is b.

b. Implied metaphor

Explanation:

An implied metaphor is a metaphor that compares one thing to another without explicitly mentioning to what thing the former is being compared to. We get to know what is the "thing" the former is being compared to due to the description of the former's actions or features. The passage provided uses this literary device when it states that John "flies from person to person." Here, the author is comparing John to an insect without mentioning the insect.