Figures of Speech Challenge

What is an example of personification in the sentence: 'The sun smiled down on the earth'?

• A rock

• A tree

• The sun

• The moon

Identify the alliteration in the following sentence: 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'

• Sally sees seashells

• Sally sells seashells

• Sally sings seashells

• Sally serves seashells

Explain the concept of personification with an example.

• The river flowed gently.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• The sun is shining brightly.

Find the alliteration in the sentence: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

• Pamela picked

• Paula picked

• Peter Piper picked

• Penny picked

In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what figure of speech is being used?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Give an example of personification in a sentence of your own.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The stars danced in the night sky.

• The sun is shining brightly.

• The book fell off the table.

Identify the alliteration in the sentence: 'The big brown bear bellowed loudly in the forest.'

• big bear brown

• loudly in the forest

• bellowed loudly

• big brown bear

Explain the difference between personification and alliteration.

• Personification is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to, while alliteration is giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• Personification is giving human characteristics to non-human things, while alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

• Personification is the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally, while alliteration is the repetition of initial vowel sounds in a series of words.

• Personification is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words, while alliteration is giving human characteristics to non-human things.

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The flowers nodded their heads in the gentle breeze'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole