Practicing Similes and Metaphors

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW
Interactive Quiz created by Nancy Roberts Garrity
at St. John Fisher School
PERSONIFICATION
METAPHOR
SIMILE
The angry wind slashed through the trees.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
Cinderellas dress sparkled like the stars.
NOTE In order to play this game, it must be
viewed in slide show (F5)
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DIRECTIONS
Read the sentence on each slide. Then click on
the button that identifies the type of literary
technique.
Figurative language is writing or speech not
intended to be taken literally. Some commonly
used figures of speech are simile,
personification, and metaphor. You will see
examples of these in this exercise. A simile
makes a direct comparison by using the word like
or as. Some examples are I watched him falling
like a stone and He ran like the wind.
Personification gives human characteristics to
non-human things. Some examples are The winds
came whispering through the forest and The
stars were dancing in the sky. A metaphor makes
an indirect comparison without using like or as.
Some examples are His heart was made of stone
and The meadow was a carpet of wild flowers.
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Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
personification
simile
metaphor
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Her eyes were sparkling stars.
simile
personification
metaphor
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Time stood still.
metaphor
simile
personification
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She is happy as a clam.
personification
metaphor
simile
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The earth coughed and choked in all the
pollution.
personification
metaphor
simile
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The heavy rain fell like bricks.
simile
metaphor
personification
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The cats eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the
darkness.
simile
personification
metaphor
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Her face drooped like a wilted tulip.
simile
metaphor
personification
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The clown was a light feather floating away.
simile
metaphor
personification
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The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy
seas.
simile
personification
metaphor
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All the flowers in the garden were listening to
me.
personification
metaphor
simile
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He was as sick as a dog.
personification
simile
metaphor
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Fantastic Job! You're Done!