When an author gives objects, concepts or animals human characteristics, emotions or abilities, that's personification.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The night sighed, and it seemed as if the evening sky was yawning.

• The rabbit leaped over the fallen branch and vanished into the woods.

• Oliver decided to indulge his friend’s fantasies and smiled warmly.

• I ran as swiftly as a deer across the lawn, eager to greet my brother.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Time is a thief.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of the poem below?

'Hope' is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all

• Hope makes you so happy that you want to sing like a bird

• Hope is a bird

• Hope makes you fly

• Hope lifts people up and gives people a sense of freedom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Hyperbole is a purposeful exaggeration or overstatement.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• With the tournament win, Julia was declared a champion golfer.

• Peter received the lowest scores of any of the runners.

• That kitten was so cute I died when I saw it.

• I feel happiest when I’ve won a game of Scrabble

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The evening melted away like a snowflake.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D