Identify the device
“The locker room was a freezer.”
Metaphor
Compares using like or as.
Simile
Hyperbole: “I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.”
“a million times”
1) Pick which sentence is a METAPHOR:
A. The test was like a nightmare.
B. The test was a nightmare.
B. The test was a nightmare.
“The river rose three feet after the storm.”
Literal
(Quantifiable, real-world.)
“He was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.”
Simile
Uses sensory details to help the reader picture the scene.
Imagery
Personification: “The alarm screamed at me from across the room.”
“screamed”
2) Pick which sentence is a SIMILE
A. Her smile was sunshine.
B. Her smile was like sunshine.
B. Her smile was like sunshine.
“The temperature dropped to 32 degrees overnight.”
Literal
(Verifiable, measurable.)
“The door groaned as it slowly opened.”
Personification
Compares two unlike things without using like or as.
Metaphor
Metaphor: “Hope became a fragile thread holding them together.”
Hope ---> “a fragile thread”
Pick which sentence uses PERSONIFICATION
A. The tree moved in the wind like a kite in the sky.
B. The tree reached its arms toward the sky.
B. The tree reached its arms toward the sky.
“He froze when he heard his name called.”
Figurative
(No actual freezing.)
“I waited a thousand years for the bus.”
Hyperbole
Gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
Personification
Personification: “The car stopped with a groaning complaint.”
groaning complaint
Pick which sentence uses IMAGERY
A. Crumpled papers covered the floor, and the air smelled like old pizza.
B. The room was as messy as a teenager's backpack.
A. Crumpled papers covered the floor, and the air smelled like old pizza.
“His words cut deeper than he realized.”
Figurative
(No physical cutting.)
“The sharp scent of chlorine burned my nose as the cold water splashed my legs.”
Imagery
A figure of speech that uses extreme, intentional exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Imagery: “The icy wind stung my cheeks and burned my lungs.”
“icy,” “stung,” “burned”
Pick which sentence is a METAPHOR
A. The classroom became a pressure cooker before the test.
B. The classroom felt like a pressure cooker before the test.
A. The classroom became a pressure cooker before the test.
“Time crawled during the last five minutes of class.”
Figurative
(Time cannot move.)