Figurative Language in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Percy calls his stepdad "Smelly Gabe." What does he compare his odor to?

• Moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts.

• Rotten cheese mixed with body odor.

• A wet dog dipped in sewage

• A litter box that hasn't been scooped in a year.

But the ocean seemed to have forgotten. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia 

Then a much closer noise, like mallets in the sand. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia 

"Her smile is as warm as a quilt." What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia 

"Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan." What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia 

The metal blade hit her shoulder and passed clean through her body as if she were made of water. Hisss!" The "hisss" at the end of the that quote is an example of __________.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A direct comparison of two unrelated things without using the words like or as.

• An exaggerated statement

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The wind whispered secrets through the trees' from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia