Simile
What is a simile?
A simile compares two or more things using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor compares two or more things without using like or as.
What is personification?
Personification is given inanimate or non-living objects human attributes
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements or claims
The wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks
like or as - similie
True or False
A simile can compare two things without using like or as.
False a simile cannot compare two things without using like or as.
True or false
A metaphor can compare two or more things with like or as.
False a metaphor cannot compare two things using like or as.
True or False
Personification can be given to animate objects.
True
True or False
Hyperboles are not meant to be taken seriously
True hyperboles are exaggerations not meant to be taken seriously.
The air was deadly cold
Hyperbole
Which of these is a simile?
A. As light as a feather
B. As sweet as sugar
C. As white as a ghost
D. All of the above
The correct answer is D all of the above
Which of these is a metaphor?
A. My teacher was a dragon
B. He was a pig at dinner
C. Her angry words were bullets to him
D. All of the above
The correct answer is D all of the above.
Which of these is personification?
A. Lightning danced across the sky
B. Your neck is as long as a giraffes
C. You are as slow as a snail
The correct answer is A
Why is this a hyperbole?
I walked a million miles to get here
It is because he/she is exaggerating how far he/she had to walk to get to a specific place. No one can walk 1 million miles in a day.
It was a loud ringing commanding bell
Personification - a bell can't command
Which of these is a simile?
A. He is as strong as an ox
B. The wind howled in the night
C. The thunder was a mighty lion
The correct answer is A because it is comparing two things using like or as.
Which of these is a metaphor?
A. As blind as a bat
B. His heart is a cold iron
C. As cold as ice
The correct answer is B because it is comparing two things without using like or as.
Is this personification?
My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
Yes, because it is giving a human attribute to the alarm clock.
Is this a hyperbole?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
Yes because he/she is exaggerating how hungry he/she is that she will eat a horse. But she is not actually gonna eat a horse
The big shots up at Head Office
Big shots is a metaphor for important people. It doesn't actually mean they are large shots
Is this phrase a simile?
Snow is a white blanket
No, it is a metaphor because it is comparing two things without using like or as.
Is this phrase a Metaphor?
Watching the show was like watching grass grow
No, because it is comparing two things using like or as.
Is this personification?
The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
Yes, because it is giving human attributes to the avalanche.
Is this hyperbole?
He is a very small person.
No because it is not exaggerated
Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass
simile and personification
use of like/ and words can't stare at you.