Figurative Language
The presents called me over and begged me to start opening them.
Personification
Correct the sentence: The big jolly santa claus in the red suit that some children know and love didn’t always look that way.
The big, jolly Santa Claus in the red suit that some children know and love didn’t always look that way. (add comma and capitalize proper noun)
Ashley listened to the fire crackle and pop in the fireplace, wishing her father understood that Florida is too hot already.
Onomatopoeia
Correct the sentence:
Prior to 1931 Santa was depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to a spooky-looking elf.
Prior to 1931, Santa was depicted as everything from a tall, gaunt man to a spooky-looking elf.
(Add comma to introductory phrase and to adjectives)
The first day of winter break was a circus as students and their families scrambled to prepare for the holidays.
Metaphor
Correct the sentence: The Santa of today was actually first depicted in a coca cola advertisment!
The Santa of today was actually first depicted in a Coca-Cola advertisment!
(capitalize and correct proper noun)
The cookies were the size of planets.
Hyperbole
Correct the sentence:
In 1930, Coca-Cola commisioned a illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images of Santa Claus.
In 1930, Coca-Cola commisioned an illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images of Santa Claus.
(fix article)
The children walked through the snow, realizing they’d never heard silence this loud.
Correct the sentence:
He based his drawing on the description from Clement Clark Moores poem, “‘Twas the night before christmas”.
He based his drawing on the description from Clement Clark Moore's poem, “‘Twas the night before Christmas”.
(add apostrophe and capitalize holiday)