ENG5

QUARTER1
WEEK8 DAY3
RODELYN C. RIPOTOLA
English Teacher
ANALYZE FIGURES OF
SPEECH (SIMILE,
METAPHOR,
PERSONIFICATION,
HYPERBOLE) IN A
GIVEN TEXT
Think and Tell
Tell the two things being compared. Tell
in what way the two things are alike.
1. The old house leans upon a
tree
Like some old man upon a staff,
The night wind in its ancient
porch
Sounds like a hollow laugh.
2. And the roads unwind
Like a twist of thread
 
3. The moon like a flower
In heaven’s high bower,
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night
4. My tree is like a duster reaching high
Stretching forth to sweep the cloudy
sky.
 
5. One day in March the boisterous
wind.
Was playing with the weather.
He tossed a fluffy could around
As though it were a feather.
Remember

Simile is a figure of speech. It

is a stated comparison between
two things that are actually
unlike but have something in
common. A simile contains the
word like or as.
Try and Learn
Each of the following sentences contains a
metaphor. Underline the words that tell the
two objects being compared in the metaphor.

1. The small town was a beehive

after the discovery of gold in the
nearby mountain.
2. The rich field was the farmer’s
treasure.
3. After two hours, the test
was an old enemy I had
defeated.
4. My brother’s bedroom
was the remains of an
explosion.
5. The snail is a traveller
who is always at home.
3. After two hours, the test
was an old enemy I had
defeated.
4. My brother’s bedroom
was the remains of an
explosion.
5. The snail is a traveller
who is always at home.
 Remember

A metaphor is another figure of

speech.
A metaphor makes a direct
comparison of two unlike things that
have something in common.
A metaphor does not use the word
like and as.
 Do and Learn

Read the following lines of poetry. Tell the human

qualities given to animals, objects or ideas.

1. I heard the wind call out and say:

“Get up my dear, it is today!”
From: A Summer Morning
2. The wind fitters-twitters
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness.
From: Wind is a Ghost
3. A leaf blows in
And lies exhausted on the floor.
From: Falling Leaves
4. Oh, Mother don’t you love the wind
It whistles flying by.
It makes umbrellas of my dress.
And tumbles up the sky.
  From: Happiness
5. And when the night climbs up our hill
And all the world is very still,
A little star away up high
Is staring at me from the sky.
From: The Star
 Do and Learn

Read each sentence. Decide if the figure of speech

used is a simile or metaphor. Write your answer.
________1. The ball like a bullet
came at me.
________2. The moon is a dancer
on the silver trees.
________3. Lydia de Vega can run
like the wind.
________4. Ben is so large his shirt
looks like a pillowcase.
________5. Harsh words are
thunder that strike at me.
________6. I jumped like a
kangaroo when I won
in the lotto.
________7. The broken fence
looked like a smile with
some teeth missing.
________8. The coral reef is
an underwater
wonderland.
________9. The lionfish is an
underwater nightmare.
________10. The queen
angelfish has dorsal fins
flowing from it like trails
of liquid gold.
 Study each line of poetry. Write on the
first blank the object personified. Opposite
it, write the human quality given to the
subject. The first one is done for you.

1. The small sandpipers go to school sandpipers go to

school
Upon the sandy shore;
The ocean is their teacher,
She has a fearful roar.
2. The papa bullfrog has a voice _________ _________
That’s very loud and deep,
The baby frogs have voices that
Can only make a peep;
And every night I hear them talk
Before I go to sleep.
3. The house cat sits ____________ _____________
And smiles and sings.
He knows a lot
Of secret things.
 
4. In the morning the city _____________ _____________
Spreads its wings
Making a song
In tones that sing.
In the evening the city
Goes to bed
Hanging lights
About its head.
 
5. High up over the top ____________ ____________
Of feathery grasses,
Grasshoppers hop.
They won’t eat their suppers.
They will not obey their
Grasshopper mothers and fathers.
Remember

Personification is the
giving of human
qualities to animals,
objects or ideas.