Similes, Metaphors, Personification Guided Lesson

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

• Personification 
• Metaphor
• Simile  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

Tags

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

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to non-human things is:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

Tags

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