An Inspector Calls - Methods

Question 1

Metaphor meaning

Answer 1

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 2

Alliteration meaning

Answer 2

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 3

Personification meaning

Answer 3

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 4

Onomatopoeia meaning

Answer 4

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).

Question 5

Simile meaning

Answer 5

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).

Question 6

Repetition meaning

Answer 6

the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.