Analyzing Figurative Language Lesson

Which can NOT be personified

• objects

• ideas

• people

• animals

What are the 5 senses?

• sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch

• sight, smell, thinking, hearing and touch

• swallowing, smell, hearing, touch, sight

• sight, smell, coughing, hearing and touch

What is personification?

• when only animals are dancing

• when humans do things that humans can do

• giving objects, ideas and animals human like qualities

• another word for person

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• She wilted like a flower

• The flowers smiled and danced in the garden

• Your beauty is that of a rose

• Red roses ring the flower bed

What literary device is shown in this sentence.

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• metaphor

• personification

• literary device

• alliteration

What literary device is used in this sentence?

My life is a dream of wonders.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

“My sister’s room is a pig pen” is an example of:

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

It is called ______________ when an author sets mental pictures or images in the reader’s head using words that appeal to the five sense

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Simile

What do you do when you first read the poem's title?

• Stare at it for 2 minutes

• predict what the poem is about

• Circle the letters individually

How many times should you read a poem?

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 7