Similes, Metaphors and Personification

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

• Personification 
• Metaphor
• Simile  

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TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

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TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile
• metaphor

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

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TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

Giving human characteristics to non-human things is:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

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TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.

• Personification
• NOT Personification 

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CCSS.L.6.5A