determine whether each is either a simile metaphor or personification???

Question

1. her angry eyes were burning coals

2. as we walked across the old ruined veranda,it groaned in pain

3.michael jackson is a god in the music world

4.if you dont ride life, she will ride you

by the way stuart i am doing my own h.w its just that those questions i was confused by and my parents arent home so i cant ask them to i posted it up

one more sorry "into every life,some rain must fall"

Answer 1

I guess the most important part of this is to understand the definitions of each term.

A simile is a comparison using 'like' or 'as.' For example, "life is like a box of chocolates" is a simile because it is a comparison (life being compared to chocolate) that uses 'like.'

A metaphor is a comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as.' For example, if you left out the 'like' in the above simile (life is a box of chocolates), it would be a metaphor. A metaphor implies a stronger comparison.

Personification is a rhetorical device in which human characteristics are given to something non-human.

Taking this into account,

1.) metaphor (the eyes 'were' burning coals - it's not personification because burning coals is not a human trait)
2.) personification (the verdana is "groaning")
3.) metaphor (Michael is being compared to a god without the use of like or as)
4.) personification (life, an abstract noun, is "riding")


"into every life, some rain must fall"
5.) metaphor (they aren't really talking about rain here - rain can't actually fall into a life. They are probably comparing hardships with the rain)

Answer 2

Fahrenheit 451?-- good times. "The train vomited" is personification, because vomiting is a human action and the train is inanimate. At a stretch, "music made of tin, copper," etc. might be a metaphor; it's certainly some type of figurative language.

Answer 3

1. metaphor.
2. personification.
3. metaphor.
4. personification.

Answer 4

1. metaphor,
2. personification
3. metaphor
4. personification

a metaphor is when one thing is said to be another, a simile is when one thing is said to be LIKE another, personification is when an inatimate object is given human characteristics.

Answer 5

1. simile; can easily say instead, like burning coals

2. personification

3. Another simile; like a god

4. personification

Answer 6

1. not sure maybe a personification or a metaphor
2. simile
3. metaphor
5. i think it is a personification
Hope this helps!
(not 100% positive)

Answer 7

1 is meta 2 is perso 3 meta 4 ? meta

Answer 8

were=metaphor
it groaned=personification
is=metaphor
ride=metaphor

no similes, because no "like" or "as" in any of them

Answer 9

1. metaphor
2. personification
3. ehh....metaphor
4. personification

Answer 10

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