Figurative Devices

= Compares 2 things WITHOUT like or as. Instead, states DIRECTLY using IS/WAS/ARE/WERE.

HE IS A CHEETAH.
THEY WERE TRICKY FOXES.

Metaphor

= Compares 2 things using like or as

HE IS AS FAST AS A CHEETAH.
SHE IS BORING LIKE A MATH TEST.

Simile

Simile vs Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The day was as hot as the Savanna Desert.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The day was a hot spa.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Overjoyed with the rain, Janie thumped her boots heavily through puddles,

her steps were great tsunamis, making great waves everywhere she went.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Sneaking a peek from beneath his wing, like a child playing peek-a-boo, the owl hid his face.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Personification

PERSONification = making a non-human thing (such as an object, animal, weather, emotion, etc.) do things a PERSON does

The trees whispered in the wind.
The storm screamed into the night.
The tiger taunted and teased its prey.

Multiple Choice

The turtle dove underwater, breathing a sigh of relief at its narrow escape.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Select

The underwater cave was a mouth, threatening to swallow us all.

(pick 2)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Select

We danced all night long, underneath a sky that glittered like diamonds and a smiling moon.

(pick 2)

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Zeus, the god of lightning, was the most powerful of all, but he was also as kind as a kitten.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

I traveled through billions of planets to find the rare Aurora crystal, and when I finally held it

in my hands, it sung with happiness at being found.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Select

There once lived three dragons, their tails were like great snakes,

and their fangs were knives, sharp and deadly.

(pick 2)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification