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