Tell whether each example contains a:
Simile Metaphor Personification Alliteration Onomatopoeia
Some examples may have more than one!
1. The shiny silver salmon swam swiftly upstream. ______
2. The honking of the geese and the chirping of the birds was music in the still
summer morning ______
______.
3. The wind wailed and whispered like a lonely child crying for its mother.______
______
4. The snapping and crackling of the fire was a comforting sound.______
5. The snow sparkled like diamonds in the bright sun.______
6. My father is a bear when he wakes up in the morning. ______
7. The ocean waves playfully tickled my feet when I went walking barefoot on the sand. ______
8. We snuck into the kitchen like foxes in a henhouse to steal the cookies that were supposed to be for the potluck. ______
9. Her long hair was a tangled bird’s nest after being out in the storm.______
10. The cat crept carefully up to the mouse hole.______
11. The ding dong of the doorbell told us that our package was here. ______
12. It was so cold, the snow squeaked like an untuned violin being played by a three-year old. ______