Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
On the first day of school, little Aarav clung to his mother like a creeper to a wall.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Simile
A creeper is a plant that grows by holding on tightly to a wall or a tree. Aarav holding on to his mother is compared to it with the word “like”.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Metaphor | a hidden comparison: it says one thing is another, without “like” or “as” | On result day, the school notice board was a battlefield. |
| (2) Simile (answer) | an open comparison of two different things, using “like” or “as” | In the May heat, the road was as hot as a tawa. |
| (3) Personification | human qualities or actions given to a thing, an animal or an idea | The little lamp kept watch over the sleeping baby all night. |
| (4) Alliteration | the same first sound repeated in words that are close together | Seema sold seven sacks of sugar at the Saturday market. |