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Simile
Metaphor
What am I?
Alliteration vs Hyperbole
Personification vs Onomatopoeia
100
What TWO words can make a metaphor into a simile?
Like or As
100
What is does a metaphor do?
Compares TWO things without using like or as
100
You are as sweet as pie!
A simile
100
What is alliteration?
The repetition of the same starting letter
100
What is personification?
Giving an object or animal human qualities.
200

Identify the simile: He won the race because he was as fast as a cheetah on the track!

fast as a cheetah

200

Identify the metaphor: I talked to a man but he had a heart of stone and did not hear a word I said.

He had a heart of stone

200

Zing, went the violin strings.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Identify the alliteration: The storm was quick. The clouds raced by. The rain danced daintily down the door. The flowers rejoiced.

danced daintily down the door

200
Identify the personification: When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
high heels called out to her
300

Identify the simile: As I sat by the pond I admired its beauty, the water like glass, clear and bright.

the water like glass

300
Identify the metaphor: The leaves are little fish, swimming in the river. I try to catch one.
Leaves are little fish
300
As Shelia walked home from school, the wind gripped her it its frigid fingertips.
Personification
300
How is this an example of a hyperbole: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse right now.

Because one person cannot actually eat an entire horse all at once.

300

Identify the onomatopoeia: Eek! I saw a mouse.

Eek!

400
Metaphor or Simile? The eyes are a window to the soul.
Metaphor
400
Metaphor or personification? The fire jumped, winked, and sparkled.
personification
400
That was the easiest question in the world.
Hyperbole
400

Which of the following contains an example of alliteration? A. Tyler ran past the racey rascal. B. Tyler ran past the slow turtle.

A. Randy ran past the racey rascal.

400
Identify the personification: As Alice serached for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, " Well, I guess it just walked off my desk." She looked at her classmates accusingly.
it (pencil) walked
500
Create your own example of a simile
Teacher discression
500
Create your own example of a metaphor.
Teacher discression
500
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.
Metaphor
500
Create your own example of alliteration.
Teacher discression
500
Create your own example of personification.
Teacher discression