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WorksheetsStuck on Metaphor, Simile, & Personification!
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 41mins
Metaphor, simile, and personification are ALL types of figurative language.
True
False
Authors use figurative language to make their writing more creative and imaginative.
True
False
Metaphors, similes, and personification are used to COMPARE things in different ways.
True
False
The definition of metaphor is...
a direct comparison without "like" or "as"
a comparison using "like" or "as"
giving human qualities to a lifeless object
The definition of simile is . . .
a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
a comparison using "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to lifeless things
The definition of personification is ...
a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
a comparison using "like" or "as"
giving human characteristics to a lifeless object
If I see the word "like" or "as," there is ALWAYS a simile.
Yes.
No. There has to be a comparison of two different things.
Personification is confusion because it's actually a type of...
simile
metaphor
"Her heart is gold" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"He was solitary as an oyster" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The dry plant begged for water" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The world is a stage" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The clouds are like cotton" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The smell of fresh cookies pulled me to the kitchen" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The trees danced in the wind" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"I slept like a log" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
personification
"Love is a journey" is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
"Bad news travels quickly" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
All examples of personification are also types of ...
similes
metaphors
Similes are metaphors.
Yep.
No. Haven't you been paying attention?
"She has eyes like a hawk" is an example of . . .
simile
metaphor
personification
"Life is a highway" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The bread jumped from the toaster" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
personification
"I laughed like a hyena" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"I am a tangle of emotions" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"Bruce is a dictionary" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The lighthouse warned the ships about the rocky shore" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The stormy sky roared" directly compares the sounds of a storm with the sounds of a lion. Therefore, it is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"My morning hair is like a rat's nest" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
personification
"That chocolate bar is calling me to eat it" is an example of ...
simile
metaphor
personification
"The dried plants begged for water" compares ...
plants to a person who is begging
plants to water
dried to plants
"The stormy sky roared" compares ...
a storm to a sky
a stormy sky to a lion
a stormy sky to rain
"My morning hair is like a rat's nest" compares ...
a rat and a nest
the morning to a rat
my hair to a rat's nest
The metaphor "Bruce is a dictionary" is trying to show that...
Bruce is shaped like a book.
Bruce knows a lot of words and how to spell them.
Bruce is a simile.
"The clouds are like cotton" is a simile that compares...
clouds to cotton
clouds to lions
clouds to rat's nests
"They like each other" is a simile.
No it is not. Just because you used the word "like" doesn't mean there is a simile.
That is correct, my good sir!
Dogs are cute.
I like pie.
"The trees danced in the wind" is an example of personification because . . .
It is windy outside.
The trees are doing something that people do.
The trees are in the wind.
"Bad news travels quickly" is personification because...
the news is doing something a person would do (traveling).
the news is bad, and people are bad.
Bad news is quick, but good news is slow.
"The bread jumped from the toaster" is personification because...
burnt toast is icky.
the toast is doing something a human would do (jumping).
the toast is being compared to a kangaroo.
Adam R. asked for this quiz to help us understand similes, metaphors, and personification a little better.
Thanks, Adam!
I like pie.
Please pass the toast.
I gotta comb my hair.
Now I want a chocolate bar.
