Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile
• metaphor

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• hyperbole

• metaphor
• simile

What type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile