Figurative Language

Question 1

A comparison that uses “like” or “as” in its articulation

Answer 1

Similie

Question 2

a comparison that involves one thing being used to signify another without the articulation of
a direct comparison (it works more like a substitution of one thing for another; the vehicle for the tenor
or subject of the metaphor)

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 3

descriptive language that appeals to sensory experience (sight, sound, taste, smell, touch)

Answer 3

Imagery

Question 4

when a concrete thing, a real object, represents ideas associated with it, in the context in
which it appears or is used

Answer 4

Personification