The figurative language being used in the sentence is: metaphor.
- A metaphor is a figurative language used to compare two different things.
- The purpose is to attribute a trait of one thing to the other.
- A metaphor does not rely on words such as "like" or "as". It simply states "A is B".
- For example: "Your lips are cherry blossoms in bloom."
- The complete sentence we are analyzing here is: "He's a good for nothing. Un vago. But that's none of my business - flour from a different sack, as far as I'm concerned," from the book "Summer of the Mariposas."
- The elderly man who says the lines above is stating that he and the person he is referring to are "flour from a different sack," which means they are completely different people.
- Notice that he does not use "like" or "as" to compare them to flour - "we are like flour from a different sack". He just states it.
- We can conclude, having the information above in mind, that the man used a metaphor.
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