Identifying Figurative Language Worksheet  Name: ______________________________ 
                     
                    Directions: Read the lines of poetry.  Slashes represent line breaks.  Figure out which technique is being used: 
                    simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification.  In the boxes, explain how you figured out your answer.  It is 
                    possible that more than one technique is being used.  If you can, explain each.  
                                                                                                                                         
                     
                     
                    1. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed  
                                                                        simile 
                    Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                            (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                     
                    How do you figure? 
                    (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                   I know this is a simile, because like in this sentence shows this is a simile and it compares two things. 
                     
                    2.  There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year  
                        Since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear. 
                                                                        Hyperbole 
                    Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                            (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                     
                    How do you figure? 
                    (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                   I know this is a hyperbole, because it tells the faucet  in the basemeant, unless you are wearing scuba gear , that is an exageration.
                     
                    3.  When the stars threw down their spears, 
                        And water'd heaven with their tears, 
                                                                        Personification 
                    Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                            (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                     
                    How do you figure? 
                    (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                   Because the stars can’t throw some thing to some where, so this is personificaion.
                     
                    4.  The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,  
                         The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, 
                                                                        metaphor 
                    Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                            (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                     
                    How do you figure? 
                    (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                   Because it just compaes the moon like a big ship sailing in the ocean.
                     
                     
                     
                     
                                                             5.  The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.  
                                                                           And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,  
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 hyperbole 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure? 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                          This is a hyperbole because Cooney can’t be dead , it just means he failed this mission .
                                                              
                                                             6.  The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might: 
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 personfication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure?                                                                                                                     Because only people can do some 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                    thing or their might.
                                                              
                                                              
                                                             7.  The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.  
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 metaphor 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure? 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                          That compares the leaves to very small  fish and doesn’t use like.
                                                              
                                                             8.  The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves, 
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 simile 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure? 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                          Because like is symbol word for a  simile sentence .
                                                              
                                                             9.  By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly 
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 personification 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure? 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                          Because water can’t sad and chilly , only people can be sad and lonely.
                                                              
                                                             10.  Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting -- 
                                                              
                                                             Which technique is being used? ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 metaphor 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole) 
                                                              
                                                             How do you figure? 
                                                             (write a sentence explaining your answer) 
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                          Because the fame is benefit for every one , so to compare it that way uses the metaphor .