Select the figure of speech used in the expression:
In the thick January fog, the headlights of the trucks on the highway looked like small floating moons.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Simile
The headlights are compared to “small floating moons” with the word “like”. In the fog they look round and pale, and seem to hang in the air.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Personification | human qualities or actions given to a thing, an animal or an idea | The proud old fort looks down on the busy town. |
| (2) Metaphor | a hidden comparison: it says one thing is another, without “like” or “as” | My little cousin’s bedroom is a zoo of soft toys. |
| (3) Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the sound it names | The bees buzzed around the jar of honey. |
| (4) Simile (answer) | an open comparison of two different things, using “like” or “as” | Kabir swims like a fish. |