S3-1 Quiz on Similes, Metaphors, Personification

What is a metaphor?

• A direct comparison of 2 unlike things using 'as' or 'like'

• An implicit comparison of 2 things which share some similarities

• Using human qualities to describe a non-living object

What is a personification?

• A direct comparison of 2 unlike things using 'as' or 'like'

• An implicit comparison of 2 things which share some similarities

• Using human qualities to describe a non-living object

What is a simile?

• A direct comparison of 2 unlike things using 'as' or 'like'

• An implicit comparison of 2 things which share some similarities

• Using human qualities to describe a non-living object

The dense fog was like a curtain concealing the road.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which of these sentences contain a simile?

• Isaac is quiet like a mouse.

• Isaac is a quiet boy.

• Isaac is as quiet as a mouse when he walks.

The ball jumped out of Amithra's hands.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which of the following sentence(s) contain a simile?

• Wei Ling was so tired after her OBS camp that she slept like a log over the weekends.

• Ryan was so hungry that he devoured his noodles in 2 minutes!

• The thunder sounded like fireworks.

• The tree danced to the gentle breeze.

Which of the following contains a metaphor?

• The bed is beckoning me from afar.

• Laughter is the best medicine.

• My teacher has a heart of stone.

• The sun was a furnace.

His lawyer is a shark.

What description best describes the lawyer?

• His lawyer is fierce.

• His lawyer is ruthless.

• His lawyer is sharp.

• His lawyer is shrewd.

What literary device is used here?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification