Similes
How do you know the following sentence is a simile?
Her hair was black like the night.
It is comparing two un like things and it uses the word "like".
How do you know the following sentence is a metaphor?
My father is a monkey.
A metaphor describes one thing as something else.
How do you know the following sentence is a hyperbole?
My swimming pool is a deep as the ocean.
It's literally impossible for a pool to be as deep as the ocean. It's completely exaggerated.
How do you know the following sentence is a personification?
Bright flashes of lightning were dancing across the sky.
People dance not lightning. Giving something not human, humanistic qualities.
What does it mean if you are tickled pink?
You are happy.
Which sentence is the simile?
1. Our home is always so happy.
2. Our home is as happy as a circus.
2. because it used the word "as".
What do you think the following metaphor means?
My brother is a clown.
It could mean his brother is funny, he is always joking around and/or he is silly.
Give me a hyperbole about a kitten.
The baby kitten was smaller than a speck of dust.
Give me a personification about a river.
ex: The river quietly tiptoed over the banks.
What does it mean when you hear, hold your tongue.
Don't say anything else.
Give me a simile using the word like and tall.
ex: Joe was tall like a giraffe.
Give me a metaphor about a friend who is a slow moving person.
Julie is a sloth.
Give me a hyperbole about a having a busy day.
I have over a million things to do today.
Give me a personification about a car
The car coughed and died.
What does it mean when you hear, eat crow?
Admin you are wrong.
Give me a simile using the word as and loud
ex: Ms. Mittermeier was as loud as a 12 piece band.
Give me a metaphor about a tree.
That tree is a sanctuary. Which means it is a safe place for many different living things.
Give me a hyperbole about your mom.
ex: My mom is sweeter than 1000 pumpkin pies.
Give me a personification about the night sky.
The night sky was my oldest friend.
What does it mean when you hear, easy come, easy go?
You can lose something as quickly as you get it.
Give me 2 similes, one with "like" and one with "as".
ex: The cup sparkled like a diamond.
That book is as old as grandpa.
Give me a metaphor about a friend. (a nice one)
Ex: My friend Jaime is an ice cream sundae.
Give me a hyperbole about . . . anything.
ex: I died laughing.
She cried for a million years.
My brain is a super powerful 10,000 pound computer.
Give me a personification about . . .
ex: I could hear wind whistling through the trees.
The river was a playful child.
The car roared to life.What does it mean when you hear, she packed everything but the kitchen sink.
It means that she packed just about everything there was.