Checking your understanding

"The fog crept on little cat feet" can also be an example of personification.

• True

• False

The curious cat crept towards the mouse hole.
The repetition of the "c" sounds is a simile.

• True

• False

Personification is when you make a strong exaggeration.

• True

• False

The sign read, "Mr. Soinila Fantastic, Fabulous Fourth Graders"!
This is an example of ____________.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

"The fog crept on little cat feet" is an example of a metaphor.

• True

• False

"The darkness is all around us." is an example of a metaphor.

• True

• False

A simile is a comparison using the words LIKE or AS.

• True

• False

Imagery is the term given to the whole way in which the poet conveys the images he is creating to his or her reader.

• True

• False

An example of alliteration is:
"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."

• True

• False

A metaphor is a comparison where we say that one thing IS something else.

• True

• False