Spring Figurative Language

His words were a knife to my heart. He really hurt my feelings. This is an example of...

• personification

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

What effect does personification have on the reader?

• Gives the poem rhythm.

• Improves the overall flow of the poem.

• Helps to make inanimate objects more relatable.

• Makes the poem rhyme.

I have told you a million times not to do that.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

When Mike turned on the microphone its screech sang across the classroom.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The beach was a zoo during spring break.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

He is as strong as an ox.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

The horse’s hooves clip-clopped on the cobblestones.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor related to spring?

• The flowers danced in the breeze.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• Spring is the season of renewal.

• The garden was a sea of colors.

What is the effect of using simile in describing spring?

• It creates a direct comparison to enhance imagery.

• It gives human traits to non-human elements.

• It exaggerates characteristics for emphasis.

• It provides a rhythmic quality to the text.