Hyperbole, Personification, Similes, and Metaphors

​Hyperbole and Personification

Personification is...

• a type of comparison

• giving human qualities to non-human objects

• Think about the word "personify" -ify means to be made

• Personify = to be made into a person

Multiple Select

What is true about personification? Choose all that apply.

• Author's purposefully use it to make their writing harder to understand

• Personification is giving humans non-human qualities.

• Personification means to make things like trees and pencils appear with human qualities

• Personification has something in common with similes and metaphors

Multiple Choice

What is being personified in the following sentence?

"The wind whispered through the dark forest."

• the forest

• the wind

• a person whispering

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is an example of using CHARACTER TRAITS to personify an object or animal?

• The fireman was brave to enter the burning building.

• The rebellious fire spread from house to house.

• The fire was very dangerous.

• The fire burned up our local grocery store.

Open Ended

Write your own example of personification. Use a complex sentence.

Hyperbole

Definition: Exaggeration for effect.
Hyper = excessive.

Example:

• On our fishing trip, I caught
  enough fish to last us a lifetime.

Open Ended

When you hear hyperbole, type it in the answer box. Hit submit after the video finishes playing.

Open Ended

Write your own example of hyperbole. Use a compound sentence.

Figurative Language (Similes and Metaphors)

Metaphor

a figure of speech that compares two different things without the words "like" or "as."

Ex: "The snow is a white blanket" is a metaphor because it compares the snow to a blanket.

Open Ended

When you hear a metaphor, type it in the answer box. Hit submit after the video finishes playing.

Example of a Simile:

"I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,"

^{from William Wordsworth's famous poem, “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud”} 

Simile

Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"

Open Ended

When you hear a simile, type it in the answer box. Hit submit after the video finishes playing.

Multiple Choice

Does Langston Hughes use similes or metaphors in his poem?

• Similes

• Metaphors

Open Ended

Type one of the similes from Langston Hughes' poem.

Open Ended

Turn one of Langston Hughes' similes into a metaphor.