O Cirlce What Is Being Personified

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Personification Hyperbole Directions: Add a second sentence to make the Directions: following sentence hyperbolic. o Cirlce what is being personified. o Double underline how it is being personified. My brother is so tall. ______1. The wind sang her mournful song through the falling ______leaves. My sister has such long legs. 2. The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my ______TV dinner. ______

3. The water bottle gulped every drop of water. My dog is so fast. ______4. The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!" ______

5. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell. My friend talks so much. 6. The doorway yawned each time it opened. ______7. The sky cried tears with each drop of rain. ______The computer is old. ______Idiom

1. When the politician was caught stealing from the taxpayers, everyone thought he would receive a severe punishment, but all he got was a slap on the wrist.

What is the idiomatic meaning of this phrase?? ______What is the literal meaning of this phrase? ______

2. We thought that our neighbor’s, the Jones family, were rich beyond our wildest dreams, but it turns out that we’re all in the same boat. What is the idiomatic meaning of this phrase?? ______What is the literal meaning of this phrase? ______

3. If Kim thinks that I’m going to let her copy my math homework, she’s barking up the wrong tree. What is the idiomatic meaning of this phrase?? ______What is the literal meaning of this phrase? ______Imagery

Read the following passage. Circle the sensory words and make a note of which sense the word is appealing.

The hot, July sun beat relentlessly down, casting an orange glare over

the farm buildings, the fields, the pond. Even the usually cool green willows

bordering the pond hung wilting and dry. Our sun-baked backs ached for

relief. We quickly pulled off our sweaty clothes and plunged into the pond,

but the tepid water only stifled us, and we soon climbed back onto the brown,

dusty bank. Our parched throats longed for something cool—a strawberry

ice, a tall frosted glass of lemonade.

Simile or metaphor? 1. ______Andrew is as sly as a fox.

2. ______The lake was a huge mirror in the moonlight.

3. ______He was as nervous as a cat around a room full of rocking chairs.

4. ______Anastasia had a smile as sweet as sugar.

5. ______The playground became a lake after the thunderous rain.

6. ______After he finished playing the basketball game, his hair was oily like fried chicken.

7. ______I am the glue that holds us together.

8. ______Sylvia’s new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby’s skin.

Allusion Underline the allusion.

1. I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.

2. I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.

3. When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.

4. "Because she's so high, high above me she so lovely she so high like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Aphrodite" ~Tal Bachman

5. "For some reason I can't explain I know Saint Peter won't call my name" ~Cold Play

6. “I was dreaming you were my Johnny Cash. Never one, we got the other, we made a pact” ~Katy Perry