If someone ask you like personal information like your name or were you from ,etc in will you get banned from by taking personal information in comment?

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

What does the simile add to the passage

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before