1. Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

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

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

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

5.  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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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