Simile
A simile always compares two different things using one of these two specific words.
What are "like" or "as"?
Unlike a simile, a metaphor states that one thing is another thing, without using these two comparative words.
What are "like" or "as"?
Personification means giving human characteristics to non-human things, animals, or objects. The base of the word contains this root word.
What is "person"?
A hyperbole is a literary device defined as an extreme, deliberate layout of this concept to emphasize a point.
What is exaggeration?
Onomatopoeia is the term for words that mimic actual sounds. This comic book action word is used to describe a sudden punch or impact
What is "POW!" (or "BAM!")?
Complete this common, icy simile used to describe someone with an incredibly cold demeanor: "As cold as..."
What is ice?
If a teacher tells a chaotic classroom, "This room is a zoo!", they are using a metaphor to imply the students are acting like these.
What are animals?
In the sentence, "The wind howled in the night," the wind is being personified by doing something normally associated with this animal.
What is a wolf (or a dog)?
When you are incredibly hungry, you might use this classic hyperbole involving a large farm animal.
What is "I could eat a horse"?
These are the three distinct onomatopoeia sound-effect words used as the mascots for Rice Krispies cereal.
What are Snap, Crackle, and Pop?
In Shrek, the famous protagonist uses a simile to compare ogres to this multi-layered vegetable.
What are onions?
Shakespeare famously wrote, "All the world's a stage," comparing all human beings to these theater roles.
What are actors (or players)?
This classic Disney animated movie features personified objects like a talking a clock and a teapot.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
If a student claims they have "a ton of homework," they are using hyperbole. Physically, a actual ton weighs this many pounds.
What is 2,000 pounds?
If a snake slithers through the grass, this specific four-letter onomatopoeic word mimics the sound it makes.
hat is "hiss"?
Identify the simile in this sentence: "The defense attorney was sharp as a tack, but her client was sweating like a pig."
What are "sharp as a tack" and/or "sweating like a pig"?
In the phrase "Time is money," time is being compared directly to wealth. This means you shouldn't do this with your time.
What is waste it?
Identify the specific object being personified in this sentence: "The camera lens blinked in the bright sunlight as the photographer snapped a photo."
What is the camera lens?
If you are crying heavily over something sad, you might use the common hyperbole: "I cried a..."
What is a river (or an ocean)?
Edgar Allan Poe famously used onomatopoeia in his poem "The Bells," repeating this rhythmic, metallic sound word over and over.
What is tintinnabulation (or "tinkling" / "chiming" / "clanging")?
If a runner is incredibly fast, you might say they run "as fast as" this flashing streak of electricity from the sky.
What is lightning?
Identify the metaphor in this sentence: "My older brother is a night owl, but I like to wake up early."
What is "a night owl"?
In poetry, this seasonal personification is often portrayed as an old man with a frosty beard who brings the freezing cold weather.
Who is Jack Frost (or Winter)?
Identify the hyperbolic phrase in this complaint: "I've told you a million times to clean your room, and it's taking forever!"
What are "a million times" and/or "taking forever"?
When water drops slowly from a leaky faucet, it makes this repeating four-letter sound.
What is "drip" (or "plop")?