Pine needles were a gentle brown carpet The sentence contains an example of which literary term?

Here's why:

* Metaphor: A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using words like "like" or "as."

* In the sentence: The pine needles are being compared to a carpet.

Even though pine needles and carpets are very different, the sentence is implying that the pine needles are soft, covering the ground like a carpet would.