LITERARY DEVICES

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

a comparison of two (often dissimilar) things using “like” or “as”

[e.g., She’s as light as a feather.]

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

a comparison of two (often dissimilar) things without using “like” or “as”

[e.g., The road was a ribbon of moonlight.]

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

the giving of human qualities to an inanimate or non-human object or idea

[e.g., The wave skipped along the shore as the wind whistled through the trees.]