1. Using Figurative Language
Room Essay

2. Rewrite the following sentences using a metaphor, simile, and personification.
Metaphor: I have piles of clothes stacked up so high it's hard to find my bed.

3. Example
My clothes hamper is a huge, blue monster spewing clothes all over the floor.

4. Simile: I have a bad habit of stuffing my clothes in a drawer.
Practice
Simile: I have a bad habit of stuffing my clothes in a drawer.

5. Example
My dresser drawer, stuffed with clothes, looks like a dam that is ready to break.

6. Practice
Personification: I may have last night's ice cream bowl still in my room along with last week's Coke can.

7. Example
Last night’s dirty, ice cream bowl mingles on my desk with last week’s empty coke can.