The Highwayman

What technique is used in this line:

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What technique is used in this line:

“The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoiea

• Hyperbole

What technique is used in this line:

“His eyes were hollows of madness."

• Repetition

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

What technique is used in this line:

“his hair like mouldy hay.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoiea

• Hyperbole

What technique is used in this line:

“His face burnt like a brand."

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

• Personification

What technique is used in this line:

"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed "

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Alliteration

What technique is used in this line:

"Dumb as a dog he listened"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

What technique is used in this line:

"The highwayman came riding—

Riding—riding—"

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Personification

• Metaphor

What technique is used in this line:

"tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night!"

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

What technique is used in this line:

"Her face was like a light."

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification