In the sentence, 'The old house stood on the hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring into the night,' what literary device is used to describe the windows?

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as,' stating one thing is another. Here, windows are directly compared to 'vacant eyes' to convey a sense of emptiness and watchfulness.