Figurative technique definitions.

Question 1

What is a Simile?

Answer 1

The comparison of one thing with another, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion)

Question 2

What is a Metaphor?

Answer 2

Describing Something by stating it is something else. (e.g. he was a lion)

Question 3

What is an Extended Metaphor?

Answer 3

Continuing to use the same metaphor in different ways throughout a piece of writing. (e.g. she was a mouse, she crept out her hole peering shyly at those around her. Scampering across the floor she left …)

Question 4

What is Personification?

Answer 4

Giving a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, such as an object. (e.g the computer hates me)

Question 5

What is Pathetic Fallacy?

Answer 5

Using the weather or the setting to describe or mirror the mood of a character or place.