What type of literary device is Ballou using in the underlined portion of this paragraph?

A pure love of my country and of the principles have often advocated before the people and “the name of honor that I love more than I fear death” have called upon me

Group of answer choices

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

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Answer:

if the underlined portion is supposed to be the line in quotes, it will be a simile

Explanation:

a simile is a comparison between 2 devices without using "like" or "as". it can be easily mistook for a hyperbole, as it represents over-exaggeration of the line