Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Idiom

Tick the correct set of personification below.

• sang, cackled, chattered, gurgled, passing gas, danced

• chattered, ice cubes, teacups, chairs, gravy, oil

• danced, gurgled, passing gas, merrily, pan, chorus

What is the idiom in the above stanza?

• pen ran out of ink

• computer's on the blink

The idiom 'on the blink' means

• not functioning

• blinking rapidly

A ​ (a)   compares two things using a direct comparison.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

The image is an example of what type of figurative language?

d

metaphor

hyperbole

personification

simile

The chairs were passing gas...

• someone was farting and blaming the chairs.

• the chairs farted

• the chairs made farting sounds whenever they moved

The garden is changing its clothes mean

• the garden looks like it removed its spring or summer clothes for winter clothes

• the environment's look changes colour and the air feels different

In the poem by Bruce Lansky, titled 'My Noisy Brother', what does ''sounds just like a riot'' mean?

• brother snores too loudly

• brother snores and a fight happens

• When brother snores, he is arrested

What does ''when he's mad he squawks'' mean?

• when brother is angry, the spreads his wings and flies away to Jupiter

• when brother is angry, he turns into pokesquawks and attacks people

• when brother is angry, he sounds annoyed, irritated and noisy

What is the definition of personification?

• Describing non-human things with human characteristics

• A phrase that means something different from what it says

• A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Describing something by comparing it to something else that may share some characteristics