Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole

A comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jennider's eyes were diamonds at the party; always bright and sparkling!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mike Kennedy's coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mrs. DiYanni told her students a billion times that they should always write their names on their papers!

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The sky misses the sun at night.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jhostn would walk one thousand miles to see Mica!

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The grass waved to the Alex at the park.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4