figurative Language in Poetry

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The definition of PERSONIFICATION is...

• a comparison of two things using the words LIKE or AS

• giving human qualities to non-living things

• an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

This is a...

• metaphor
• simile
• rhyme
• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D