The Outsiders

What is Pony comparing Two-Bit to when he calls him a "chessy cat" on page 27? What two literary devices are used here?

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Two-bit is always smiling. This is an allusion to the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. Pony is also using a simile.

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