Simile, Metaphor, or Personification

Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile

• metaphor

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My life is a dream.

• simile

• metaphor

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My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is being personified:
During the night, the rain yelled at us.

• night

• rain

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The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is being personified:
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon

• forest

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

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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. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things without using, "like, as or than"

• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.

• An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D