Personification
& Metaphors

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Which phrase has the same thought in the following sentence?

1. The dense fog slowly covered the inner harbor.
     Slowly, the fog crept over the harbor.
     Fog cut off our view of the harbor.
     The harbor was obscured in a dense fog.

Which word(s) in the following sentences show personification?

2. The logging truck groaned under the strain of its hill climbing.
    

3. The train whistle screamed as the train flew through the intersection.
    

4. Computers talk to each other.
    

Read each metaphor and write the two items being compared.
Notice: Both are nouns.

Example:  The kitchen is the heart of my grandmother's house.
                       kitchen/heart

5. The flowers formed a rainbow of color.
    

6. The life represents the different chapters of your personal book.
    

7. Benjamin Franklin is the inventor of electricity.
    

Complete each sentence that creates the most effective visual,
most colorful.

8. The river _____ around the the natural curves of nature.
     goes
     bends

9. The _____ leaves are piled in an endless mound.
     crumpled
     brown

10. The wolf _____ through the night.
     walked
     prowled

Thanks for sharing what you know!