Explaining Meaning in Sentences Similes Metaphors Personification and Hyperbole

What is personification?

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.

• a way to describe people

• exaggeration to make a point

• when a person is pretending

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• when something is fake

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• when two words sound exactly the same

• a symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• when you think too hard

• a type of constellation

• a comparison of two unlike things

• exaggeration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• a coffee drink from Starbucks

• use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

• giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics

• a very fast speed

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The dog’s eyes were as black as coal.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.

• simile 
• metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Julia felt like she had been walking for days.

• personification
• hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The roses were begging to be watered.

• personification
• hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Shane felt like he had a ton of homework to complete and not enough time to do it.

• personification
• hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
My alarm clock yells at me each morning to wake up, but I ignore it.

• personification
• hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A