Samantha’s boyfriend was devastated that she broke up with him. He begged and pleaded with her to give him another chance, but his cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste. Which kind of figure of speech is being used?

Metaphor

Explanation:

"His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste" is an exmple of a metaphor, his words are not actually cotton candy, but are described that way to imply that they were sweet and appealing, but did not affect Samantha.

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