Define it!
Giving something human qualities
Personification
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
This coffee shop is an ice box! = simile
False
Metaphor
Metaphor
Time is money.
Time is valuable so it is being compared to money which is also valuable
How do you know this is a simile?
I found her dancing like a leaf, And singing like a bird.
Because the speaker compares her to a leaf and a bird using the word "like. "
Comparing two things without using the words “like’ or “as”
Metaphor
She slept like she had just bitten a poison apple.
Allusion (to Snow White)
She's happy as a clam. = simile
TRUE
Simile
Jack and Jill fought like cats and dogs.
Jack and Jill were fighting so ferociously like cats fight with dogs.
How do you know this is personification?
Over me bright April Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Because the month of April is given hair and the ability to shake.
Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
Onomatopoeia
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
The sky misses the sun at night. = Personification
TRUE
Personification
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
The sun was covered by the moving clouds so it looked like the sun was hiding.
How do you know this is a hyperbole?
I am so hungry I could eat a whole grocery story.
Because it exaggerates how hungry the speaker is.
Comparing two things by using “like” or “as”
Simile
I haven't eaten in a million years!
Hyperbole
I’ve told you a million times to clean your room! = Understatement
False
Hyperbole
Hyperbole
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
Polar bears don't get cold easily because of their habitat, so if the polar bears are "wearing jackets" (they're not REALLY wearing jackets) then it must be freezing!
How do you know this is personification?
The black waves moaned and broke unutterably On a stern cliff where hand in hand we stood.
Because the waves are given the ability to moan and the cliff is given the quality of sternness.
a phrase or sentence when the words all start with the same letter
Alliteration
The flowers danced in the breeze
Personification
You snore louder than a freight train! = Personification
False
Hyperbole
Understatement
It was a tiny heart attack.
A heart attack is a HUGE deal. Not tiny!
How do you know this is a simile?
The drops ran down as slow as fate.
Because it compares drops to fate using the word "as. "