Figurative Language: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

• Personification 
• Metaphor
• Simile  

Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 

Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to non-human things is:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.

• Personification
• NOT Personification