Name __________________________________

Date ______________________________

Literary Devices
Simile a comparison made by using the words like or as.
Example: He was as quick as lightning when he won the race for the team.
Metaphor a direct comparison or suggestion of similarity that does not use the terms like
or as.
Example: My dad is a rock he always stands his ground when I ask for more money.
Personification assigning human characteristics such as feelings or actions to a nonhuman or inanimate object.
Example: The heartbreaking song really speaks to me; it makes me want to cry.
A. For each of the following examples, identify whether the sentence demonstrates an
example of simile, metaphor, personification or none of these using the choices below.
A. simile

B. metaphor

C. personification

D. none of these

1.

_______

I wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.

2.

_______

What Ive felt, what Ive known. Never shined through in what Ive shown.

3.

_______

You were Romeo and you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away
from Juliet.

4.

_______

And the shadow of the day will embrace the world in gray.

5.

_______

Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead. Yesterday is a promise that youve

broken.

6.

_______

My shadows the only one that walks beside me.

7.

_______

Im like a ringleader, I call the shots. Im like a firecracker, I make it hot when
I put on a show.

8.

_______

I am not your carpet ride. I am the sky.

9.

_______

How could you be so cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo?

10. _______

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving.

11. _______

Everyone likes to dance to a happy song with a catchy chorus and a beat so they
can sing along.

12. _______

This love is killing me, but you're the only one.

Literary Devices
B. Rewrite each of these sentences to include simile, metaphor or personification, based on
what is in parentheses.
Example: Its hot outside today! (metaphor)
Its a sauna out there today!
13.

Today was such a long day. (simile)

_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
14.

My best friend Jessica is really smart. (metaphor)

_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
15. The wind is blowing really hard. (personification)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
16. The tornado destroyed many homes during the storm. (personification)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
17. Katrina is always so quiet in class. (metaphor)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
18. Marcus ate a lot of pizza at dinner last night. (simile)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
19. Michaels dog Skippy barks all night long. (personification)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
BONUS: What is your favorite song and/or musical artist?
_____________________________________________________________________________