Figures of speech by Ayaan M.

Identify the metaphor from the given options:

• The cobbler's hands were dark like the nights.

• The tired employee slept like a log.

• My bed is a fluffy cloud.

• Navya is as tall as a giraffe.

As she opened the creaking metal gates, an eerie howl chilled her spin.

What figures of speech have been used here?

• auditory imagery

• personification

• visual imagery

• olfactory imgery

Alex was boiling with rage.

• metaphor

• simile

The snow danced around in the wind.

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• irony

The comparison of two distinct terms with the usage of 'like' or 'as' is known as a:

• metaphor

• simile

The bees buzzed around their hive.

• alliteration

• personification

• imagery

• metaphor

It's time to hit the sack. Good night!

• pun

• idiom

• repetition

• irony

The police station was robbed last night.

• personification

• alliteration

• irony

• metaphor

Spandan is a walking encyclopedia.

• personification

• irony

• simile

• metaphor

Select the option which denotes a simile:

• Veena is a cunning fox.

• Joseph was as strong as an ox.

• I jumped upon the staircase.

• Me playing cricket is like a fish climbing a tree.