Hyperbole, Metaphor, & Personification Practice

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• A non-human object is given human qualities

• an exaggerated statement that is used to build intensity and urgency

• a comparison using "like" or "as" between two things

• a direct comparison between two unlike things

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the definition of personification?

• A non-human object is given human qualities

• an exaggerated statement that is used to build intensity and urgency

• a comparison using "like" or "as" between two things

• a direct comparison between two unlike things

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• Anger gripped my sister’s heart in its firm fist, squeezing out all of her other feelings.

• My sister's outburst was like a violent volcano eruption.

• My sister's anger is an eye of a storm.

• Her tantrum was the worst and loudest thing I have ever heard in my life.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is this an example of?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of these sentences contains an example of hyperbole?

• The room was so hot my face melted.

• The room was almost as hot as an oven.

• The room was very hot.

• The room was hotter than the air outside.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which is an example of personification?

• The sun is like a lightbulb.

• The sun smiled at us.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the clock doing that only people can do?

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

• laughing

• finishing a test

• beeping

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Lightning danced across the sky.

What is being personified?

• sky

• lightning

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these is an example of personification?

• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• My alarm clock rang as loud as a rock concert.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3