Literary Elements

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What is being personified?

• The chocolate chips
• The cookie
• Anthony
• Guilt

The stars will cry.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

I never agree with Henry about anything. We just don't ... eye to eye.

• see

• look

• watch

• stare

Katy won't speak to me. Why is he giving me the ... shoulder?

• stiff

• cold

• hard

• strong

If you address to a big cheese, you should

• Speak to him as if he is a VIP

• Ask him what sort of cheese he likes

• Advice the person to do sport in order to lose weight

Which sentence from the story best appeals to the reader's sense of touch.

• "They hurried down the walls that held back the lake."
• "It seemed to them that every second the temperature was rising."
• "They both held their breath."
• "A giant silver scoop hovered above them."

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.
• language that has been censored (censorship)
• language that is not very descriptive
• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• He's a workhorse.

• He's as strong as an ox.