"The Banana Tree"

Which of the following sentences uses personification?

• The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. 
• He is as sly as a fox.
• He drowned in a sea of grief.
• Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk.

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Which of the following is the definition of personification?

• When an animal, object, or event is described as behaving in a human way.
• Using rick sensory details to help readers imagine a scene.
• A form of language that is spoken in a particular region by the people who live there.
• A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common. 

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Read the sentence below, then tell what kind of figurative language it is.
Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic. 

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• imagery

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Which of the answers below is the definition of metaphor?

• A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
• An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
• Using rich sensory details to help readers imagine a scene.
• Language that uses words and phrases in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• She is experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions since her dad died.
• The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.
• The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.
• The little girl was as snug as a bug in a rug.

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Read the sentence below and decide what kind of figurative language it is.
He is the apple of his father's eye.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• imagery

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What is the definition of simile?

• An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like and as.
• A comparison of two things  that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
• Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses.
• Words that have the same sound at the beginning.

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Which of the following is an example of a simile.

• Her dive into the swimming pool was as straight as an arrow.
• She was feeling blue after her boyfriend broke up with her.
• When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. 
• It was dark and dim in the forest.

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Read the sentence below and decide what kind of figurative language it is.
He is as strong as an ox.

• simile
• metaphor
• imagery
• personification

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Which sentence below is the definition of imagery?

• Words and phrases that the author uses to appeal to the reader's five senses.
• An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
• A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
• When an animal, object, or event is described as behaving in a human way.

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