figurative language

Question 1

alteration

Answer 1

his appearance: something displeasing, something down-right detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere …”

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, political, or religious significance

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
ex:I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far

Question 4

Idiom

Answer 4

EX : dead as a door nail.
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole