Figurative Language Worksheet 7 (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

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6. Life is a frail moth flying,

Caught in the web of the years that pass,

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

7. Are not my children as dear to me as falling leaves?

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

8. The sunflower droops to the lazy wave;

The wind sleeps--

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

9. I can scarcely breathe,

The darkness is so thick.

It stifles me,

And weighs so heavily upon me,

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

10. Between the moss and stone

The lonely lilies rise;

Which technique is used? _____________________________________________________________

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

(write a sentence explaining your answer)

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