Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

Similes

• Comparison of two seemingly unlike things using words such as like, as, or as if...

• Example 1: Her heart is like gold.

• Example 2: The world is like a stage.

• Example 3: He eats like a pig.

• Example 4: You are poor as dirt.

Metaphors

• Comparison of two seemingly unlike things by describing one thing as if it were the other.

• Example 1: You are my sunshine.

• Example 2: The classroom is a zoo.

• Example 3: He is a night owl.

• Example 4: Maria is a chicken.

Multiple Select

The alligator's teeth are white daggers is a:

• simile

• metaphor

Personification

• Gives human characteristics to a nonhuman subject.

• Example 1: Lightning danced across the sky.

• Example 2: The wind howled in the night.

• Example 3: The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• Example 4: Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

Multiple Choice

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

The snow danced around in the wind.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

After running the mile, Little Bobby was a rock laying on the ground.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

Running the mile was like climbing Mt. Everest.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

The cupcake was a cavity waiting to invade my mouth.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

After playing football on the cold, January day, his fingers were icicles.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Molnar was as happy as a lark when all of her students made A's in her class.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile