This form of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as".
Simile
What part of speech is "children"?
Noun
Instead of plastic straws, there are straws made of paper, glass, bamboo or stainless steel.
Listing
The earth is round.
Fact
Language intended to make the audience feel emotions.
Emotive language
What part of speech is "dangerous"?
adjective
The ocean is so polluted it is like a field of plastic debris.
Simile
Opinion
Asking a question when no real answer is expected is called
rhetorical question
What part of speech is "protesting"?
verb
The ocean has become a field of plastic debris.
Metaphor
Fact
A command - telling the audience to do something.
Imperative
What part of speech is "future"?
Noun
If we don’t act now, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.
Personal pronoun
Plastic breaks down into microplastics in the ocean.
Fact
A comparison that says something IS something else.
Metaphor
What part of speech is "luminous"?
adjective
The ocean is crying out for someone to take care of it.
Personification
Allowing 16 year olds to vote would be beneficial to our democracy.
Opinion