Personification
This is when you give a nonliving thing a human action or feeling. Example: "The sun smiled." What is this called?
Personification
This is a big, silly exaggeration used for effect, not to be taken literally. What is it called?
Hyperbole
This is a comparison that says one thing IS another (no "like" or "as"). Example: "Time is a thief." What is this called?
Metaphor
This device repeats beginning sounds in words close together, like "Silly snakes slither." What is it called?
Alliteration
This is a word that sounds like the noise it makes, such as "buzz" or "splash." What is it called?
Onomatopoeia
Identify the personification: "The wind whispered through the trees."
The wind is making quiet, swooshing sounds.
Which sentence shows hyperbole?
a) I have two pencils.
b) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
c) The pencil is blue.
b) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Identify the metaphor: "My brother is a lion when he plays sports."
The brother plays aggressively, just like how a lion plays or hunts.
Pick the alliteration example:
a) Big brown bear
b) The cat sleeps
c) A tall building
a) big brown bear
Which word is onomatopoeia?
a) Jump
b) Bang
c) Run
Choose the sentence that uses personification:
a) The rock is heavy.
b) The river danced over the stones.
c) She ate her lunch quickly.
b) The river danced over the stones.
Write a short hyperbole about being tired (one sentence).
I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.
Decide if this is a metaphor or not: "Her smile was the sun." (Answer with "metaphor" or "not a metaphor".)
Write a short tongue-twister (one sentence) that uses alliteration with the letter "b".
I see a bouncing blue balloon.
Write two onomatopoeia words you might hear in a kitchen.
Chop, Chop / Pop, Pop / Clink, Clink
Rewrite this sentence to use personification: "The clock ticks." (Make the clock seem like it's doing something human.)
The clock shouted out every hour.
Explain why this is hyperbole: "I've told you a million times!" (One sentence.)
You have probably told someone many, many times, but not quite a million times.
Turn this simile into a metaphor: "As busy as a bee." (Write a sentence that uses a metaphor instead.)
I am a bee during the workday.
Identify the repeated sound in this phrase: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
/p/
Use an onomatopoeia word in a short sentence about a thunderstorm (one sentence).
Read this short sentence and explain why it's personification: "The tired book sighed when it was closed." (One or two simple sentences.)
A book does not sigh, but a human sighs when it is tired or finished.
Create a short story sentence using hyperbole to describe how fast someone ran (one or two sentences).
You couldn't even see the runner as he flew by in a whirlwind.
Explain what the metaphor means: "The classroom was a zoo." (One or two simple sentences — what idea does this give you about the classroom?)
The classroom was crazy, loud and chaotic.
Write a two-line sentence that uses alliteration and make it about a rainy day.
The droplets of dew cover the grass, while the rain rattles on my window.
Read this sentence and name the onomatopoeia and the sound it represents: "The bacon sizzled in the pan." Then write another sentence using a different onomatopoeia.
Sizzling makes a hiss, hiss sound.
The bacon went crack, crack as it fried in the pan.