Figurative Language Worksheet 6 (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Figurative Language Worksheet 6 Page 2

6. A drum pounds out the hymn,

That blends with the endless rumble of carts,

The scrape of feet, the noise of marts

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

7. They only know our love was brief,

And passing like an autumn leaf.

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

8. They went like moths into the grass with folded wings.

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

9. There the unregulated sun

Slopes down to rest when day is done,

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

10. A poem is merely a flowering twig of thought.

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

11. In came the moon and covered me with wonder,

Touched me and was near me and made me very still.

Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

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