Literal or Figurative?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Which One?
100
The climbers fell down the canyon.
What is Literal
100
Flake Yacobs is as annoying as a buzzing be!
What is Flake is very annoying.
100
The city becomes alive at night.
What is many people go out in the city at night.
100
The old man was a foghorn when he slept.
What is the old man snores a lot.
100
The gold medal smiled on his chest.
What is personification.
200
The kid slipped and flew down the stairs.
What is Figurative
200
The water is freezing like ice.
What is the water is very cold.
200
The horror movie shook the girl all night long.
What is the movie was scary.
200
The Rocky Mountains are a scene that I replay in my head.
What is I think about the Rocky Mountains a lot.
200
The puppy was the new child for the couple since everybody moved out.
What is metaphor.
300
I am so hungry that I could eat a whole burger.
What is Literal
300
It's like a rainforest in Mr. Trent's classroom.
What is there are many plants in Mr. Trent's room.
300
The splinter took a bite out of my foot.
What is the splinter caused an injury to my foot.
300
The old car was a money pit, but I loved it too much to sell it.
What is the old car costs a lot of money.
300
The class looked at me like a hero when I said "mumball".
What is simile
400
The beautiful, loving, and new kitten purred in my lap.
What is literal
400
The hospital was like a prison to the patient.
What is the patient could not leave the hospital.
400
The mumball continually chooses to hate Colton.
What is Colton can't catch the ball.
400
The cool glass of lemonade was a lifesaver after I mowed the lawn.
What is that the lemonade tasted delicious and I was thirsty.
400
The drive to California is a killer.
What is metaphor.
500
He felt the butterflies when she passed by.
What is Figurative
500
The beach was like a dream to the vacationer.
What is the beach was beautiful.
500
The tulip stuck its head out of the ground when Spring came.
What is the tulip is beginning to grow.
500
The man was an eagle soaring in the sky when the girl said yes to marriage.
What is the man was very happy.
500
The stinky shoes choked the classroom.
What is personification.
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