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Sara Watts
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Simile , Metaphor, Personification
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In case you DIDN'T watch the video yesterday....
Today's video will review or teach you about similes, metaphors, and personification. You must earn a passing grade on the quiz to receive credit. This will be the focus of our lesson for the week. Tomorrow we will start to identify these literary devices in music, famous speeches, and poetry.
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The wind howled in the night.
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
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Multiple Choice
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The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
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Multiple Choice
Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The house was lonely and desolate while the family was away.
personification
hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
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Multiple Choice
Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.
simile
metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
His parents always told him that life was a rollercoaster and to jump on.
simile
metaphor
Personification
Idiom
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What is a simile?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
a comparison, saying something IS something else.
giving human qualities to something that is not a human.
An over exaggeration that truly isn't believable.
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What is personification?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
and over exaggeration that truly isn't believable
A comparison saying that something IS something else.
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The following sentence says that her hair IS actually ocean waves:
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
What type of figurative language is shown?
personification
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
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The following sentences gives the flame human qualities:
The candle flame danced in the dark.
So, what type of the figurative language being used?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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Is the following sentence as simile or metaphor?
Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.
simile
metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile , Metaphor, Personification
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