Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• Simile: compares two things using like or as

Ex: The sun was like a ball of fire in the sky.

• Metaphor: compares two things without using like or as

Ex: The horses’ hoof beats were thunder as it ran through the canyon.

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Figurative Language

• Personification: gives human qualities to something that’s not human

Ex: The leaves danced in the breeze.

• Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

Ex: While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.

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Read the following examples of figurative language.

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1. I waddle when I walk.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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I waddle when I walk.

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I waddle when I walk.

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2. My little brother is a pain in the butt.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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3. The kettle hissed as it heated on the stove.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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4. Her feelings are as fragile as a teacup.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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5.Lee was so scared being alone in the house that he turned as white as a ghost when he heard the noise.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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6. The clouds wept large tears during the storm.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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7. I work so hard during the year that I am a couch potato during vacation.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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8. From space, the Earth looks like a blue and white marble.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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9. Our new stylist is a magician with hair.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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10. “…give the buried flower a dream; make the settled snowbank steam.”

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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11. Horns honked angrily as drivers became more impatient.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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12. The forest was as quiet as a falling leaf.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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13. The birds shivered when the icy wind blew.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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14. The full moon is a bright coin in the night sky.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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15. A bright star winked at me from the night sky.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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16. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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17. The first-place trophy proudly stood on the shelf in Charlie’s room.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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18. Humidity breathed in the girl’s face and ran its greasy fingers through her hair.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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19. Halloween haunters hang around our house.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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20. The kids were fish in the water since they grew up living by the lake.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

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