Identifying

Figures of
Speech
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification)
Motive Questions
• “To what are clouds being compared to in the poem”?
• In the first two lines of the poem, what are clouds being
compared to?
• Have you seen a lamb, class?
• How does it look like?
• What characteristics of a clouds make them silver lambs?
• Give the similarities of the clouds and the lamb.
• Very good. Clouds are being compared to a silver lamb because
of its white color.
• To what are clouds being compared to in the 9th line of the poem?
• Why is cloud being compared to a huge butterfly?
• What common characteristics of a cloud is also present to a
butterfly?
 “ CLOUDS”
 
Clouds all like silver lambs
On low green hills,
Feeding on blue meadows
Watered by rills.
Clouds are like snowy dawn
Playing with winds;
Clouds are small, willful clues
With playful minds.
 
Clouds are huge butterflies
Radiant with rays;
Clouds are beasts of the wilds
On stormy days.
Clouds are the sky giants
Their tears are rain
Dropping on leafy plants
Down the plain.
 
Study the following lines taken from the poem.

1. Clouds are like silver lambs.

2. Clouds are like snowy dawn.
3. Clouds are huge butterflies.
4. Clouds are beasts of the wilds.
5. The cloud is feeding on the meadow.
6. The cloud is playing with the winds.
GROUP 1
Use the following words in a meaningful sentence
using simile as a figure of speech.
 
1. rainbow
2. flowers
3. star
4. ocean
5. birds
GROUP 2
Copy the sentences that expresses metaphor.
1. The English language is like a bankbook account
of a million words.
2. The dictionary is the bankbook that helps us
use the words.
3. The flowers danced happily with the wind.
4. The clouds are frisky puppies in the sky.
5. The wind is a cat that prowls at night.
GROUP 3
Tell what human characteristics do these sentences
have.

1. The stars look down at the little Baby in the

manger.
2. The brook whispers softly as it touches the
river banks.
3. The cool wind gently kissed the flowers.
4. The leaves bow down their heads.
5. The tall trees stood mightily against the howling
winds.
 Identify the figures of speech used in the
sentences,whether it is simile, metaphor or
personification.

1. The bamboo trees swayed from left to right.

2. Her face is like a garden full of flowers.
3.The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure.
4. The stream was like a silver ribbon over the green plains.
5. The fat comedian is as plump as a pillow.
6. The north wind swings his whistling whip.
7. The traffic jam was a sea of metal.
8. The baby is as meek as a lamb.
9. The sun is a ball of fire.
10. The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.
Assignment:

Copy the sentences below. Identify the figures of speech used in the
sentence. Write S for simile, M for metaphor and P for personification.

1. His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.

2. The infant’s smile was a ray of sunshine to the whole family.

3. The moon faithfully controls the tide’s ebb and flow.

4. The contestant was a nervous butterfly o n the stage.

5. Her hair shines like twinkling stars in the night.