Read the excerpt below and match each figurative expression (1–3) with its correct figure of speech (A–C):
'After working for twelve unbroken hours under the scorching sun, Tayo declared that he was so hungry he could eat a mountain. His supervisor praised him as a lion on the construction site, even while Tayo noticed his own knees were shaking like leaves in the wind.'
Which figure of speech matches each expression correctly?
- so hungry he could eat a mountainHyperbole
- a lion on the construction siteMetaphor
- shaking like leaves in the windSimile
Cevap
'so hungry he could eat a mountain' matches Hyperbole; 'a lion on the construction site' matches Metaphor; and 'shaking like leaves in the wind' matches Simile.
The expression 'so hungry he could eat a mountain' represents hyperbole due to deliberate exaggeration. 'A lion on the construction site' represents a metaphor because it directly equates the worker to a lion. 'Shaking like leaves in the wind' represents a simile because it uses 'like' to compare trembling to windblown leaves.
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Identifying basic figures of speech (hyperbole, metaphor, simile) in context