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WorksheetsThe Highwayman
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
What technique is used in this line:
"Down like a dog on the highway"
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Repetition
What is Hyperbole?
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound.
an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally
using the same word or phrase a few times to
emphasise something.
a figure of speech that is used to make a non-literal comparison between two things
What is a Simile?
A comparison between things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
A word that describes a sound.
using the same word or phrase a few times to
emphasise something.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
using the same word or phrase a few times to
emphasise something.
When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound.
A word that describes a sound.
What is Alliteration?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
A comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound.
A word that describes a sound
What is Personification?
When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
A word that describes a sound.
a figure of speech that is used to make a non-literal comparison between two things
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound
What is Repetition?
A word that describes a sound.
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound.
using the same word or phrase a few times to
emphasise something.
a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound
