Similes
What is a simile>
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggerated statement, not meant to be taken literally
What is alliteration?
All of, or most of, the words in a sentence start with the same letter or sound.
"She swims like a fish." What does this simile mean?
She is a very good swimmer.
"Time is a thief." What does this metaphor imply?
Time steals moments from our lives.
"The wind whispered through the trees." What does this personification suggest?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." What does this hyperbole express?
I am very hungry
Give an example of alliteration.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Create a simile for someone who is very fast.
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Example: She is as fast as a cheetah
Create a metaphor for a difficult challenge.
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Example: Climbing the mountain was a battle
Create a sentence that uses personification.
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Example: The rain danced on the rooftops of the cottages.
Create a hyperbole for how tired you feel after a long day.
After school I am so tired that I could sleep for a million years.
Create a sentence that has alliteration with the letter "B".
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Big bobcats bounce beautifully through the bushes.
Identify the simile in this sentence: "His smile was as bright as the sun."
"as bright as the sun" is the simile.
Write a sentence that includes a metaphor.
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Example: He is a wall, no one can get past him.
Identify the personification in this sentence: "The sun smiled down on us."
Sun smiled down
Identify the hyperbole in this sentence: "She has a million things to do today."
million things to do today
Identify the alliteration in this sentence: "The wild wind whispered."
Wild and wind
Write a sentence that includes a simile comparing a person to an animal.
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Example: She is as quiet as a mouse.
"The classroom was a zoo" is the metaphor.
Classroom was a zoo
Write a new sentence that includes personification.
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Example: The car groaned when the man tried to get it to start
Write a sentence that includes hyperbole about running.
I ran faster than a cheetah.
Write a sentence that includes alliteration with the letter "M".
Macy mowed meaningfully morning to midnight.