Figurative Language Adds to Mood

1. Personification is a figure of speech that ________.

• makes a comparison using the word “like” or “as"

• exaggerates for humorous or dramatic effect

• gives a nonhuman thing a human trait or ability

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• My sister is a volcano when she’s angry, so stay out of her way!

• Bang! My sister slammed the door in my face and left me standing outside, alone.

• My angry sister screamed loud enough to wake the neighbors.

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The spiderwebs stuck to my skin.

• The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.

• A wind blew, and a door opened with a creak.

• Slowly and stealthily, I slipped inside.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Simile, metaphor, or idiom

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The forest slept on and on in her silent slumber.

• All around us, the air was still.

• High above the trees, the sky was a white blanket.

• We heard nothing, not even the early-morning chirps of birds.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Simile, metaphor, or idiom

My brother is a clown!

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence below, what is the purpose of the phrase in all CAPS?

Spring was in full bloom, and THE GREEN LEAVES WAVED TO JASMINE as she walked to school.

• It shows that there was actually a person in the tree.

• It shows that Jasmine was seeing things that weren't real.

• It shows that the leaves looked inviting and lively to Jasmine.

• It shows that Jasmine was afraid of that tree.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Simile, metaphor, or idiom

Stop beating around the bush!

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D