Poetry II

A(n) ______________ is an expression that doesn't make sense literally and is hard to understand if you are just learning a language.

• simile

• allusion

• idiom

• personification

What is the correct meaning of the following idiom?

you are in hot water

• do not buy too many bottled waters because we must share

• there is not any hot water so the shower is cold

• you need to go home and cook dinner

• you are in trouble because of something you have done

What is the correct meaning of the following idiom.

piece of cake

• only eat one piece of cake

• the bakery was closed

• something that is very easy

• something that tastes really good

What is the meaning of the following idiom?

cool as a cucumber

• something is easy

• it is time to quit

• to be very calm under stress

• a cool cucumber is good for the eyes

What is the meaning of the following idiom?

read between the lines

• read all the pages in a book

• to have missed your big chance

• to find the hidden meaning

• feeling unsure of what you want to do

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• a short reference to a famous person, event, book, movie, etc.

• an expression that doesn't make literal sense

Which is an example of personification?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse
• The sun is like a light bulb
• The Sun smiled at us
• I want to be awesome

What is the personification in this sentence?

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'

• "the moon winked"

• "through the clouds"

What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

What is the personification in this sentence?

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• "I finished my test"

• "The clock on the wall laughed at me"