Comparative techniques

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

direct comparison that contains ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

direct comparison that refers to one person or object as being another

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

gives human qualities to inanimate objects, abstract ideas or animals

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

Either a direct or indirect reference to a concept, notion or text