Figurative Language in The Highwayman

"Tlot, tlot, tlot" is an example of...

• imagery

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alusion

What technique is used in this line:

“his hair like mouldy hay.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoiea

• Hyperbole

What technique is used in this line:

“His eyes were hollows of madness."

• Repetition

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is Personification?

• When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

• A word that describes a sound.

• a figure of speech that is used to make a non-literal comparison between two things

• a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound

"His hair, like moldy hay", is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• onomatopoeia

"Look for me by the moonlight, watch for me by the moonlight, I'll come to you by the moonlight"

• repetition

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"A French cocked hat, a bunch of lace at his chin, a coat of claret velvet, breeches of fine doe-skin, boots up to his thigh, jeweled sky" is...

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

What type of figurative language is used in the line 'The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Onomatopoeia

In the poem 'The Highwayman', which figurative language technique is used in 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Alliteration

• D) Personification

What is the effect of the repetition in the line 'The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor'?

• A) It creates a musical rhythm

• B) It emphasizes the road's appearance

• C) It highlights the moonlight's brightness

• D) It suggests the road's length