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21st Century Literature

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Pick out the lines that can be made as an example of simile and metaphor in the songs,
“Red” and “Out of The Woods.”

RED by Taylor Swift


Similes Metaphors

OUT OF THE WOODS by Taylor Swift


Similes Metaphors

ACTIVITY 1.1
Directions: Identify whether the following sentences are examples of simile or metaphor. Write your
answer on the space provided before each number.
______ 1. That man is an ogre.
______ 2. He is as smart as a fox.
______ 3. The football player is a giant.
______ 4. My abs are rock hard.
______ 5. That girl is as bright as a star.
______ 6. The boy is a volcano ready to explode.
______ 7. He is as quick as a cat.
______ 8. My students are an angel.
______ 9. She cries like a baby.
______ 10. Danny runs like the wind.
______ 11. Ideas are wings.
______ 12. My cat is a marshmallow.
______ 13. His mind is as sharp as a samurai’s sword.
______ 14. The girl’s hair was as soft as silk.
______ 15. The package was as light as a feather.
ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Underline the idea, object, or animal being personified and circle what they’re doing that
makes it an example of personification.
1. The car coughed as it passed in front of me.
2. The rain gently kissed me on the cheek as I walked home.
3. The swimming pool was inviting me to jump in.
4. The camera loves me.
5. The thunder clapped angrily in a distance.
6. The fire alarm was yelling at us to get out.
7. The party died as soon as the music stopped playing.
8. The lawn was begging for water.
9. The candle flame danced in the dark.
10. Our ceiling kept on staring at me at night.

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: Underline the phrase that exemplifies a hyperbole in the following statements.
1. My grandfather is older than the moon.
2. She was so mad; she can kill a furious tiger.
3. The wind swept the whole neighborhood.
4. It took a hundred years for him to get his homework done.
5. He's got tons of money.
6. Her brain is the size of a pea.
7. His head was packed with ideas that it was ready to burst wide open.
8. I will die if she asks me to dance.
9. My feet have grown roots while I was waiting for you.
10. My uncle is very strong; he can carry a mountain.

ACTIVITY 4
Directions: Indicate whether the following statements fall to verbal irony (VI), situational irony (SI),
or dramatic irony (DI). Write only VI, SI, or DI. If the statement does not contain an irony, write X.

1. Wonderful! It's raining and I didn't bring my umbrella.


2. This pillow is as soft as a marshmallow.
3. You denied me. That's so sweet of you.
4. Marcia's anti-fever medicine made her feverish.
5. Oh great! You busted my new tab.
6. In the movie, Aquing doesn't know that Tracy cares for him, but the audience does.
7. I missed the exam because I was caught in the middle of traffic.
8. The fire station got burned down.
9. Six well-known actresses died in three separate car accidents.
10. A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is.

ACTIVITY 5
Directions: Identify the oxymoron in the following sentences by underlining it.
1. Henry became a one-man band to raise money for his school project.
2. She asked in a loud whisper if anyone wanted to leave the movie with her.
3. Leaving her is his only choice.
4. Mark and Dianne are alone together.
5. He is almost done with his assignments.
6. Jay’s cat was found missing last Tuesday.
7. Her jokes are seriously funny.
8. My confidence is growing smaller when I commit mistakes.
9. I am perfectly imperfect.
10. His drawing is pretty ugly.

ACTIVITY 5.1
Connect the words with meanings that oppose each other to make an oxymoron.

audio alone 1.
virtual naturally 2.
act order
3.
random book
4.
all reality
5.

speed risk 6.
guest limit 7.
pretty replica
8.
authentic host
9.
calculated ugly
10.

crash glass 11.


genuine good 12.
cold imitation
13.
awfully landing
14.
plastic sweat
15.

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