Tick as many similes as you can find!

His dad had a look like thunder

What is Personification?

Giving an inanimate thing human characteristics

Describing something as being something else

When George smiled his eyes twinkled like diamonds

The dog's fur was as white as snow

Life is like a box of chocolates...

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1"The sun was as yellow as fire." What is this an example of?
1. AMetaphor
2. BSimile
3. CPersonification
2Tick as many similes as you can find!
1. AHer skin was as cold as ice
2. BHis dad had a look like thunder
3. CThe trees danced in the breeze
4. DTheir home was a prison
5. EThe room was like a sauna
3The following is a simile: "She was wooden with fright"
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
4"I've been walking forever!" This is an example of....
1. AHyperbole
2. BRepetition
3. CSimile
5What is Personification?
1. ADescribing something as being something else
2. BExaggerating for effect
3. CGiving an inanimate thing human characteristics
6Which of these is an example of personification?
1. AWhen George smiled his eyes twinkled like diamonds
2. BThe stars sighed
3. CTom was wooden with fright
7"CRASH! BANG!" This is an example of....
1. AAlliteration
2. BHyperbole
3. COnomatopoeia
8Which of these is an example of a metaphor?
1. AThe dog's fur was as white as snow
2. BLife is like a box of chocolates...
3. CHis heart was cold iron
9"The world is a stage." This is a metaphor
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
10Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. This is an example of...
1. AOnomatopoeia
2. BAlliteration

Description: Test your knowledge of figurative language devices then apply them to your own work!
Author: Sarah Turner
Language: English
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