She's as dumb as a rock.
I drop the greats like clumsy waiters drop plates.
She was a flower with rose pedal cheeks.
The waves sang a song as they rolled against the sand.
My necklace was jumping against my chest as i ran .
- a comparison made between two things that doesn't use like or as to compare them.
- when a nonhuman object is given human-like qualities.
-a metaphor. (scheme or trope?)
- a simile. (scheme or trope?)
- personification (scheme or trope?)
''My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.'' (Fiona McLeod)
''The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.'' (W. H. Auden)
''A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.'' (Benjamin Franklin)
''There are the trees,'' said the Beaver. ''they're always listening.''
''All the world's a stage.'' (Shakespear)
The flood waters swallowed the trees in one gulp. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the unhuman subject?)
The weight of the machinery caused the floor to cry out for help. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
As it caromed off of the front of the rim, the basketball laughed at me. (Which word identifies the nonhuman subject?)
Rows of corn stood at attention in the stifling heat of late August. (Which word identifies the human quality given to the nonhuman object?)
For several days , jealousy gnawed at Lorenzo's stomach. (Which word identifies the nonhuman object?)
I walked along the beach and listened to the the ocean. My sadness was as unending as the waves.
Mary frowned and said, ''I believe that taking drugs is like playing with fire.''
The children were like monkeys hanging from the trees.
Don't tell mother that her cookies taste like garbage.
Sandy was such a mule, because we couldn't get her to change her mind.
What is a simile?
What is a simile?
What is a metaphor?
What is personification?
What is personification?
What is a metaphor?
What is personification?
What is a trope?
What is a trope?
What is a trope?
What is a metaphor?
What is a simile?
What is a simile?
What is personification?
What is a metaphor?
What is swallowed?
What is floor?
What is basketball?
What is stood?
What is jealousy?
What is sadness to waves?
What is taking drugs to playing with fire?
What are children to monkeys?
What are cookies to garbage?
Who is Sandy to a mule?
