On Screen 3 Unit 4 Simile, Metaphor, Personification

1. Jenny cooked the candy too long. When she took it out of the oven it was hard as a rock.

2. Iva worked hard on her report. After presenting it to the class, she felt as light as a feather.

3. The old car woke reluctantly from its overnight sleep. Coughing and sputtering, it finally broke into a loud roar.

4.The trees of the forest watched sympathetically over the lost child.

5. After Marshall climbed three flights of stairs, he had to sit down. He was a puffing steam engine.

6. Kyle's father was as stern as a judge when he came home after curfew.

7. The storm was a savage beast. 

8. The storm took the house in its teeth and shook it.

9. Wiley was very good at chess. "You have to watch him," said his father. "He's a real fox."

10. Shay ran in a relay race on Saturday. When it was over, her legs felt like lead.

11. The day after the rain, the air was clean and fresh. A soft breeze carried the scent of lilacs.

12. The boy's room was an amusement arcade.

13. Louis is as strong and as tall as a redwood tree.

14. The kitchen is the heart of my mother's home.

15. The idea was a fire in my head.

16. The waxed floor was as slippery as an ice rink.

17. The truck groaned under the weight of its load.

18. The rain was a curtain of water.

19. The rain puddled at the door and washed anyone who entered with its splatter.

20. Big sisters are the crabgrass in the lawn of life.