> ACTIVITY 4: Figurative Language
Directions: Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device being
used.
1. Their thoughts were like golden birds.
a. simile
b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification
2. Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce.
a. hyperbole b. metaphor
c, simile
d. personification
3. The sound of your breath is a music of which I will not soon tire.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile
4. After she left, the sun never shined again.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile
5. Their trumpets crying, their white plumes flying. And their sabers flashing in the sun.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile
6. Wisdom gently whispers to us to part from evil.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. similc
7. My mind is like a clamorous market-place.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile
8. The night sky was a loom threaded with darkness.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile
9. If I had the chance to hold her, I would never let her go.
a. hyperbole b. personification c.metaphor d. simile
10.His eyes were sad as fishes that swim up and stare upon the land that is not theirs.
a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile​