Question

Sort each example of figurative language into the correct column.

Answer 1

Answer:

PERSONIFICATION:

(Bright flowers were waving to me.)

(The old car groaned in protest.)

(The wind screamed with anger.)

HYPERBOLE:

(Everybody knows Alexander).

(I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)

(The bag weighed a ton.)

Answer 2

Answer:

Personifications: "Bright flowers were waving to me"

"The old cat groaned in protest"

"The wind screamed in anger"

Hyperboles: "Everybody knows Alexander"

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

"The bag weighed a ton"

Explanation:

Personifications give human characteristics to non living objects, while hyperboles are exaggerations.