Literary device

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

What is this an example of? The snow is a white blanket.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Simile or Metaphor?
My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile
• metaphor

"My heart's a stereo." The kind of figurative language used here is a _______

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

"With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood."

-- Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream

The underlined parts are examples of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Our house is a zoo.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

Comparison made without using like or as.

The snow is a white blanket. Metaphor?

• yes

• no

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Select all examples of a metaphor.

• The mind is a prison.

• Junior year, my homework threatens to drown me.

• She loved him with all her heart.

• Freedom runs and leaps and cries out in the street.

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor