Simile, Metaphor and Personification

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.

The mournful storm ravaged the small, sleepy town is an example of?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves is an example of?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

The white balloon followed me into the room, trailing its string along the floor like a tired, old ghost is an example of?

• simile and metaphor

• metaphor and personification

• personification and simile

The wind howled in the night.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Those girls are like two peas in a pod is an example of?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

What is being personified:
During the night, the rain yelled at us.

• night
• rain

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor

Personification is a figurative language that gives __________, emotion and behaviour to animals and inanimate objects or ideas

• meaning

• human characteristics

• description

• explanation

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks.