Exploring Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A direct statement

• A hidden comparison

• An exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a shining star

• The snow is a white blanket

• They fought like cats and dogs

• The stars dance playfully

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech: 'You were as brave as a lion.'

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

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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 direct statement

• An exaggeration

• A hidden comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• He is as brave as a lion

• The stars dance playfully

• Her long hair was a flowing golden river

• They fought like cats and dogs

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is personification?

• A hidden comparison

• A direct statement

• Giving human traits to non-human things

• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The snow is a white blanket

• He is a shining star

• The stars dance playfully

• They fought like cats and dogs

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figure of speech is used in 'The rundown house appeared depressed'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figure of speech: 'The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.'

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D