Simile, Metaphor, or Personification

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

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

I slept like a log.

• True

• False

What is being personified:
The wind sang a sad song.

• wind

• song

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• He's a workhorse.

• He's as strong as an ox.

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

As straight as an arrow is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile