Question

Are these similes, metaphors, personifications, alliterations, onomatopoeias, or hyperboles?

1. Larry learned a lot at the lecture.
2. My teacher is a walking encyclopedia.
Please give an explanation. :)
Thank you!!!

Answer 1

1. alliteration
This is because the majority of the words in the sentence begin with the letter L.

2. metaphor
This is because the sentence does not liken the teacher to a encyclopedia using like or as, like a simile does. The statement is not an extreme exaggeration, which would be a hyperbole. It's absolutely not a onomatopoeia because it doesn't mimic the sound of the object it's likened to. It has to be a metaphor.