Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.

• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

• A hurricane! AHHH!

• The hurricane screamed through the town.

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech in which the word imitates its meaning.

• An extreme exaggeration

"The road continues as straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

What is this an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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. 

What is personification?

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

What type of figurative language is shown? The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is shown?
The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor