"The kitten's fur is like a velvet coat" is an example of:
Imagery
The sentence uses vivid, sensory descriptive language ('like a velvet coat') to help the reader picture the texture of the kitten's fur — this is an example of imagery. (Note: the sentence's comparative structure with 'like' is technically characteristic of a simile, but Simile is not offered among the given options, so Imagery is the intended answer here.)
Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times.
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.
Using softer sounding words to avoid bluntness is called
The statement, “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times________” is an example of
A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit
