General Language

Josie is boiling mad!

• Simile

• Metaphor

Luke's locker is as clean as a whistle

• Simile

• Metaphor

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.

• I own an expensive camera.

• Photos of me are always really good. 

• I like to visit art museums.

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:

• antonym

• metaphor

• personification

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

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.

• She is as tall as a tree!

• That cat is the devil.

• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The wind howled in the night.

• The leaves whispered in the breeze.

Identify the sentence that uses personification.

• The thunder grumbled like an old man.

• The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.

• The river was a winding snake.

• The mountain stood tall and proud.

What is the meaning of the idiom 'break the ice'?

• To shatter a frozen surface.

• To initiate conversation in a social setting.

• To cause a disruption.

• To break something fragile.