Similes, Metaphors, and Personification
She's as dumb as a rock.
She's as dumb as a rock.
What is a simile?
I drop the greats like clumsy waiters drop plates.
I drop the greats like clumsy waiters drop plates.
What is a simile?
She was a flower with rose pedal cheeks.
She was a flower with rose pedal cheeks.
What is a metaphor?
The waves sang a song as they rolled against the sand.
The waves sang a song as they rolled against the sand.
What is personification?
My necklace was jumping against my chest as i ran .
My necklace was jumping against my chest as i ran .
What is personification?
- a comparison made between two things that doesn't use like or as to compare them.
- a comparison made between two things that doesn't use like or as to compare them.
What is a metaphor?
- when a nonhuman object is given human-like qualities.
- when a nonhuman object is given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
-a metaphor. (scheme or trope?)
-a metaphor. (scheme or trope?)
What is a trope?
- a simile. (scheme or trope?)
- a simile. (scheme or trope?)
What is a trope?
- personification (scheme or trope?)
- personification (scheme or trope?)
What is a trope?
''My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.'' (Fiona McLeod)
''My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.'' (Fiona McLeod)
What is a metaphor?
''The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.'' (W. H. Auden)
''The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.'' (W. H. Auden)
What is a simile?
''A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.'' (Benjamin Franklin)
''A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.'' (Benjamin Franklin)
What is a simile?
''There are the trees,'' said the Beaver. ''they're always listening.''
''There are the trees,'' said the Beaver. ''they're always listening.''
What is personification?
''All the world's a stage.'' (Shakespear)
''All the world's a stage.'' (Shakespear)
What is a metaphor?
The flood waters swallowed the trees in one gulp. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the unhuman subject?)
The flood waters swallowed the trees in one gulp. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the unhuman subject?)
What is swallowed?
The weight of the machinery caused the floor to cry out for help. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
The weight of the machinery caused the floor to cry out for help. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
What is floor?
As it caromed off of the front of the rim, the basketball laughed at me. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
As it caromed off of the front of the rim, the basketball laughed at me. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
What is basketball?
Rows of corn stood at attention in the stifling heat of late August. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the nonhuman object?)
Rows of corn stood at attention in the stifling heat of late August. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the nonhuman object?)
What is stood?
For several days , jealousy gnawed at Lorenzo's stomach. (Which word identifies the nonhuman object?)
For several days , jealousy gnawed at Lorenzo's stomach. (Which word identifies the nonhuman object?)
What is jealousy?
I walked along the beach and listened to the the ocean. My sadness was as unending as the waves.
I walked along the beach and listened to the the ocean. My sadness was as unending as the waves.
What is sadness to waves?
Mary frowned and said, ''I believe that taking drugs is like playing with fire.''
Mary frowned and said, ''I believe that taking drugs is like playing with fire.''
What is taking drugs to playing with fire?
The children were like monkeys hanging from the trees.
The children were like monkeys hanging from the trees.
What are children to monkeys?
Don't tell mother that her cookies taste like garbage.
Don't tell mother that her cookies taste like garbage.
What are cookies to garbage?
Sandy was such a mule, because we couldn't get her to change her mind.
Sandy was such a mule, because we couldn't get her to change her mind.
Who is Sandy to a mule?
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