Similes
The two words the make up a simile
What is "like" or "as"?
The two words that are not used in a metaphor
What is "like" or "as"?
In order to be considered personification, the item or animal must act like this
What is "a person"?
What is "exaggerates"?
what imagery appeals to
What is "the 5 senses"?
The purpose of a simile
What is "to compare to unlike things"?
The purpose of a metaphor
What is "to compare two unlike things"?
What is being personified? The phone danced around on vibrate when calls came in.
What is "phone"?
What is being exaggerated? Winter break is taking forever to get here.
What is "how long winter break is taking to get here"?
"Dazzling diamonds" appeals to this sense.
What is "sight"?
What is being compared? "The blanket is like a river of cotton"
What is "blanket" and "river of cotton"?
What is being compared? The earth is a ball whirling in space.
What is "earth" and "a ball"?
What is personified? The sun smiled down on the playing children.
What is "sun"?
Which part is the exaggeration? I'm never going to do that again!
What is "never"?
"Cozy slippers" appeals to this sense.
What is "touch or feel"?
Simile or Not a simile? The boy cried as his balloon floated up in the air.
What is "Not a simile"?
Metaphor or Not a metaphor? She likes to play games because she's a beast at sports.
What is "Metaphor"?
What is personified? Fred pulled the whining guitar strings.
What is "guitar strings"?
What is the exaggeration? If my mom finds out, I'll die.
What is "I'll die"?
"Screeching tires" appeals to this sense.
What is "hearing"?
What is being compared? "He sang as beautiful as a canary."
What is "singing" to "a canary's voice"?
What is being compared? Danielle, don't look at me with those puppy dog eyes!
What is "Danielle's eyes to a puppy's eyes"?
Personification or not personification. Tasha's kitten rubbed against her leg.
What is "not personification"?
What is being exaggerated? The police was going a thousand miles per hour!
What is "how fast the police is going"?
"Dry, overcooked chicken" appeals to this sense
What is "taste"?