Figurative Language

The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.

• simile
• personification
• metaphor

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A simile/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor

I am as hungry as a bear! 

• metaphor

• personification
• simile

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

• the package and the sidewalk
• the Olympics and the icy sidewalk
• the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled
• the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Sally is the sun in my life

• Sally is yellow.
• Sally is standing on the roof.
• Sally is important to me.

I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

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