Figurative Language
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Figurative Language
• Simile: compares two things using like or as
Ex: The sun was like a ball of fire in the sky.
• Metaphor: compares two things without using like or as
Ex: The horses’ hoof beats were thunder as it ran through the canyon.
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Figurative Language
• Personification: gives human qualities to something that’s not human
Ex: The leaves danced in the breeze.
• Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words
Ex: While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.
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2. My little brother is a pain in the butt.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
3. The kettle hissed as it heated on the stove.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
4. Her feelings are as fragile as a teacup.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
5.Lee was so scared being alone in the house that he turned as white as a ghost when he heard the noise.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
6. The clouds wept large tears during the storm.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
7. I work so hard during the year that I am a couch potato during vacation.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
8. From space, the Earth looks like a blue and white marble.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
9. Our new stylist is a magician with hair.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
10. “…give the buried flower a dream; make the settled snowbank steam.”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
11. Horns honked angrily as drivers became more impatient.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
12. The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
13. The birds shivered when the icy wind blew.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
14. The full moon is a bright coin in the night sky.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
15. A bright star winked at me from the night sky.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
16. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
17. The first-place trophy proudly stood on the shelf in Charlie’s room.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
18. Humidity breathed in the girl’s face and ran its greasy fingers through her hair.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
19. Halloween haunters hang around our house.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
20. The kids were fish in the water since they grew up living by the lake.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Alliteration