Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

 A writer’s tool  Helps the reader visualize (see) what the writer is thinking  Puts a picture in the mind of the reader

 A simile is used to compare two things  It uses the words “like” or “as” to make comparisons

I am hungry as a horse. He is sneaky as a snake. You run like a rabbit.

 A metaphor is used to compare two things  Instead of saying something is “like” or “as”, a metaphor states that it just IS  Look for “am”, “is”, “are”, “was”, “were”

The girl was a fish in water. The clown was a feather floating away. The boy’s mind was a computer.

 Giving human qualities or abilities to something that is nonhuman Human Nonhuman

The flowers danced in the wind. The peaceful gates welcome us. The earth choked on the pollution.

 Look at each picture or sentence.  Decide if the sentence contains a simile, metaphor, or personification.  Choose the correct answer.

It is raining cats and dogs. A. SimileSimile B. MetaphorMetaphor C. PersonificationPersonification

He sings like a blue bird. A. SimileSimile B. MetaphorMetaphor C. PersonificationPersonification

The chair cried out in pain when I flopped down into it. A. SimileSimile B. MetaphorMetaphor C. PersonificationPersonification