Guldfod Practice writing P for personification or N for hyperbole. Then discuss the meaning of the figure of speech
Read the passage. Underline each figure of speech, and identify it by
with a partners
By the time Mia's parents set up the tent, it was raining. Mia
Nint
As you read, ask
yourself
"Do any verbs show a
nonliving thing doing
something a person
can do?
"Do any adjectives give
human-like qualities to
nonliving things?"
"Do any sentences
exaggerate the truth?"
would never forgive them for this trip! Her legs were still
complaining from the climb, and the mean rain was punishing her
family for camping in October,
The next morning, though, Mia woke up refreshed. She
thought, "I must have slept for days!" Outside the tent, the sun
smiled through the leafy trees.
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