Identify the type of figurative language being used in each of the following phrases.
For nine days, including eight nights,
The neighbours searched for her with barking dogs.
Wet streets
shiny black like licorice
twisting through the city
traffic tastes its way home
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Answer:
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. He felt a graveyard wind go by
Cold, cold as was his enemy.
Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________ Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole
How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)
2. The morning wind arose
And called across the world for day.
Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole
How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)
3. She is dead and no longer able to
Drink the wine of human love;
Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole
How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)
4. The storm shook the land with endless thunder.
Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole
How do you figure?
(write a sentence explaining your answer)
5. The pale moon like a petal
Floats in the dusk of Spring,
Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________