Simile
What is a simile?
A simile compares two or more things using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor compares two or more things without using like or as.
What is personification?
Personification is given inanimate or non-living objects human attributes
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements or claims
True or False
A simile can compare two things without using like or as.
False a simile cannot compare two things without using like or as.
True or false
A metaphor can compare two or more things with like or as.
False a metaphor cannot compare two things using like or as.
True or False
Personification can be given to animate objects.
False because then the object or person already has human attributes.
True or False
Hyperboles are not meant to be taken seriously
True hyperboles are exaggerations not meant to be taken seriously.
Which of these is a simile?
A. Her shawl is as light as a handkerchief
B. This cocoa is brown like choco.
C. She is so pale as a ghost.
D. All of the above
The correct answer is C all of the above
Which of these is a metaphor?
A. My teacher was a dragon.
B. He was a pig at dinner.
C. Her angry words were bullets to him.
D. All of the above
The correct answer is D all of the above.
Which of these is personification?
A. Lightning danced across the sky.
B. Your neck is as long as a giraffes.
C. You are as slow as a snail.
The correct answer is A
Why is this a hyperbole?
I walked a million miles to get here.
It is because he/she is exaggerating how far he/she had to walk to get to a specific place. No one can walk 1 million miles in a day.
Which of these is a simile?
A. He is as strong as an ox
B. The wind howled in the night
C. The thunder was a mighty lion
The correct answer is A because it is comparing the strength of the person, 'he', with an 'ox'.
Which of these is a metaphor?
A. The old person was as blind as a bat.
B. His heart is a cold iron.
C. My face is as cold as ice.
The correct answer is B because it is comparing two things without using like or as.
Is this personification?
My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
Yes, because it is giving a human attribute to the alarm clock.
Is this a hyperbole?
I am so sleepy that I doze off for a year.
Yes because he/she is exaggerating how sleepy he was. Doze off means short nap, so it will not take a year.
Is this phrase a simile?
Snow is a white blanket
No, it is a metaphor because it is comparing two things without using like or as.
Is this phrase a Metaphor?
Watching the show was like watching grass grow
No, because it is comparing two things using like or as.
Is this personification?
The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
Yes, because it is giving human attributes to the avalanche.
Is this hyperbole?
He is a very small person.
No because it is not exaggerated