similie | metaphor | hyperbole | personification |
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What is similie
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things. It is often introduced by the words 'like' or 'as.'
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What is metaphor
A figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
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What is hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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What is personification?
1.The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in
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What two thing am I comparing:
Jesse is as sly as a mice.
Jessie and Mice
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Exmaple of metaphor
The light of my life - The person described by this metaphor isn't really providing physical light. He or she is just someone who brings happiness or joy.
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Choose which one is an example of personification. A. A. My cheeks got wet as the rain fell. B. B. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell from the sky.
B. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell from the sky.
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My grandmother is as sweet as honey
A: vinegar B: potatoes C: a carrot D: strawberry jam
Grandmother and Honey
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metaphor does what?
Compares two things using like or as Compares two things without using like or as.
compares two thing using like or as
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The boy who was fast as a
Lion or Cheetah
cheetah
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Choose which one is an example of personification. A. A. The wind whispered a lullaby to me as I fell asleep. B. B. The wind blew as I fell asleep.
A. The wind whispered a lullaby to me as I fell asleep.
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That sidewalk is as slippery as Ice
A: a pancake B: glass C: sand D: bark
Sidewalk and Ice
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Is this a metaphor? The ice cream was a rock when I took it out of the freezer.
yes or no
yes
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You could have killed me with that
push or
push
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Choose which one is an example of personification. A. A. The time flew, and before I knew it school was over for the day. B. B. The time passed very quickly and before I knew it school was over for the day.
A. The time flew, and before I knew it school was over for the day.
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Tracy is as slow as sloth
A: a pillow B: a rock C: fog D: an open window
Tracy and Sloth
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Is this a metaphor? The clouds are marshmallows in the sky.
yes or no
no
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These books in your bag weigh a
ton
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Choose which one is an example of personification. A. A. Cars danced across the icy road. B. B. The cars were sliding because the road was icy.
B. The cars were sliding because the road was icy.
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