Similes, metaphors and personifications | joannemuscat - Free Printable

To determine whether each sentence is an example of a simile, metaphor, or personification, let's analyze them one by one:

Definitions:

1. Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
2. Metaphor: A direct comparison where one thing is said to be another.
3. Personification: Giving human characteristics or actions to non-human things.

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Analysis of Each Sentence:

1. The children crept, quietly as mice.
- Simile: Uses "as" to compare the children's quietness to that of mice.
- Answer: Simile

2. The car sputtered and coughed before starting.
- Personification: The car is given human actions ("sputtered" and "coughed").
- Answer: Personification

3. The wind howled as if it were an angry wolf.
- Simile: Uses "as if" to compare the wind's sound to that of an angry wolf.
- Answer: Simile

4. The engine roared like a lion.
- Simile: Uses "like" to compare the engine's roar to that of a lion.
- Answer: Simile

5. The trees were a prison, trapping the boy.
- Metaphor: Directly compares the trees to a prison.
- Answer: Metaphor

6. The sunflowers nodded in the wind.
- Personification: Sunflowers are given the human action of "nodding."
- Answer: Personification

7. Luke ran like the wind until he reached the finish line.
- Simile: Uses "like" to compare Luke's running speed to the wind.
- Answer: Simile

8. Martha is the apple of her mum’s eye.
- Metaphor: Directly compares Martha to being the "apple of her mum’s eye," meaning she is her favorite.
- Answer: Metaphor

9. The King was a furious lion.
- Metaphor: Directly compares the King to a furious lion.
- Answer: Metaphor

10. The sun hid silently behind a grey cloud.
- Personification: The sun is given the human action of "hiding."
- Answer: Personification

11. Pam was as cool as a cucumber.
- Simile: Uses "as... as" to compare Pam's coolness to that of a cucumber.
- Answer: Simile

12. Robert’s eyes are the ocean, so clear and so blue.
- Metaphor: Directly compares Robert's eyes to the ocean.
- Answer: Metaphor

13. The sun smiled down on the children as they played on the sand.
- Personification: The sun is given the human action of "smiling."
- Answer: Personification

14. As autumn turned to winter, the trees found themselves wearing white.
- Personification: The trees are given the human action of "wearing" white (referring to snow).
- Answer: Personification

15. Kate’s long hair was a flowing golden river.
- Metaphor: Directly compares Kate's hair to a flowing golden river.
- Answer: Metaphor

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Final Answers:

1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Simile
4. Simile
5. Metaphor
6. Personification
7. Simile
8. Metaphor
9. Metaphor
10. Personification
11. Simile
12. Metaphor
13. Personification
14. Personification
15. Metaphor

Boxed Answer:
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