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Figurative Language Worksheet 7

Name: ______________________________

Figurative Language Worksheet 7

Directions: Read the lines of poetry. Slashes represent line breaks. Figure out which technique is

being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification. In the boxes, explain how you figured out

your answer. It is possible that more than one technique is being used. If you can, explain each.

1. I shall be as peaceful as the leafy trees.

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

2. She had no saying dark enough

For the dark pine that kept

Forever trying the window-latch

Of the room where they slept.

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

3. For I knew his eyes

Like an old, old song.

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

4. Your voice was a web to bind.

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

5. Having prepared their buds against a sure winter,

The wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

Figurative Language Worksheet 7