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1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore.

highlight all the similes

finish the sentence

1. The cloth was as black as coal
2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel
3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten
4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk
5. I’ve been as busy as a bee
6. The lamb is as white as snow

Silk

Bee

Kitten

Coal

Eel

Snow

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. simile
2. Arnie was a man-mountain. metaphor
3. He was a lion in battle. metaphor
4. She is as pretty as a picture. simile
5. The striker was a goal machine. metaphor
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. simile
7. The moon was a misty shadow. metaphor
8. My friend has a face like thunder.  simile

Have a go at writing some Similes and Metaphors of your own:

Must Do - 3 (of each)

Should Do- 4-6 (of each)

Could Do- 6-8 (of each)

Toms anger crashed the party like a tsunami.

Jerry was as tired to go biking

Olivia was to sleepy to get out of bed

Alliteration is when a consonant sound is repeated over and over. 

E.g The time ticked tediously by. The warm wind wafted across the window.

Highlight the alliterations in each of the following sentences:

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.
2. I accidentally ate an awful apple.
3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 
4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.
5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.
6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 
7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations:

1. Red roses ran right
2. While wandering Willie wanted water.
3. The tired traveller travelled further.

Personification

Personification is when you give qualities to non-human things

E.g The house watched me closely. The trees reached out to me. 

In each sentence, an object or idea is personified.  Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.

1. The wind whispered through the gloomy forest. 

What is being personified the wind

What human trait or quality has it been given? it is whispering

2.The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.

What is being personified? the flowers

What human trait or quality has it been given? emotions

3.  As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.

What is being personified? the sun

What human trait or quality has it been given?

4.  The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.

What is being personified? the chainsaw

What human trait or quality has it been given?it can sing

5. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.”  She looked at her classmates accusingly.  

What is being personified? the pencil

What human trait or quality has it been given? it can walk

6. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.

What is being personified? the heels

What human trait or quality has it been given? the can talk

Onomatopoeia When words sound exactly like the sound they are describing

E.g Crash! Bang! Boom!

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.

1. 
   
2. A plate being dropped on the floor
   Screech
   Bang
   Smash
   Boom
   Growl
   Pop
   Creek
   Crunch
3. Click
4. Tinkle

1. A balloon being burst.pop
2. A gun being shot. bang
3. Someone eating chips. crunch
4. A light being switched on. click
5. A fierce dog. growl
6. A small bell being rung. tinkle
7. A door opening screech
8. A bomb exploding boom
9. A child screaming. smash

Onomatopoeia When words sound exactly like the sound they are describing

E.g Crash! Bang! Boom!

Highlight the onomatopoeia in each of the following sentences:

1. The old engine chugged down the rickety track. 
2. The hard-hit tennis ball whistled by my ear.
3. The truck’s brakes screeched in the distance.
4. The rain beat on the metal barn roof.
5. His guitar strings twanged the sad melody. 
6. The old floor creaked as we walked slowly across it. 
7. The fire cracked and popped on a cold night. 
8. The snake hissed when I startled it.

Have a go at writing some Onomatopoeia sentences of your own:

Must Do - 3 

Should Do- 4-6 

Could Do- 6-8 

The stray dog barked and the stranger.

The weak mouse whimpered as it got hurt.

The child screamed as it got hurt.