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Read the passage below from “A Retrieved Reformation.”

Mr. Ralph Spencer, the phœnix that arose from Jimmy Valentine's ashes—ashes left by the flame of a sudden and alterative attack of love—remained in Elmore, and prospered. He opened a shoe-store and secured a good run of trade.
Which figurative language technique is evident in the passage above?

hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor