Question

Figures of speech of ' so blot their maps with slums as big as doom .

Answer 1

The figure of speech used in this expression 'so blot their maps with slums as big as doom' is simile.

The meaning of this expression is he slums are as big as doom. These slums will swallow the slum children.

Simile: Simile is a word or phrase that compares something to something else, using words ‘like’, or ‘as’, for example ‘Her gown was as white as snow.’