Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration

What is a simile?

• A simile is a type of metaphor.

• A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• A simile is a type of rhyme.

• A simile is a type of onomatopoeia.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a type of simile.

• A metaphor is a type of personification.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is another, without using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is alliteration?

• Alliteration is a type of rhyme in poetry.

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Alliteration is the use of different sounds or letters in adjacent or closely connected words.

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

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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 personification?

• Personification is the attribution of animal qualities to non-animal entities.

• Personification is the process of making a person feel inferior.

• Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities.

• Personification is the act of giving a person a new identity.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'Her eyes were as bright as the stars'?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'The car zoomed past like a bullet'?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'Hrothgar sat happy in his hall, until the horror of Grendel'

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'The raindrops danced on the roof'?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'He slithered like a snake through the silken sage'?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• 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