Giving human qualities to non-human things is called

A comparison using like or as is

A comparison using like or as is

Giving human qualities to non-human things is called

An exaggeration that cannot be true is

A comparison not using like or as is

The balloon floated away like smoke on the wind.

The balloon floated away like smoke on the wind.

The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.

The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.

Her smile was a ray of sunshine.

Which figurative language is used?

“As soon as he felt himself slow a bit he started raking back with his arms at his sides like paddles.”

Which figurative language is used?

“He was a frog thrusting so hard with his legs he went face first into the mud.” A.Metaphor B. Simile

"The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese"

"The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese"

"...water as hard as concrete"

"...water as hard as concrete"

"...late sun, cut into his eyes and made him turn away"

"He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out"

"The water trying to kill him. "

"Hot little jets of hate worked into his thoughts... "

"There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them... "

"There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them... "

"...sleep was slow coming and did not finally settle in until the evening cool turned to night cool and the mosquitoes slowed."

"...the rain roared down in sheets."

"...his leg was instantly torn with pain, as if a hundred needles had been driven into it. "

"He wiped his mouth and tried to move his leg, which had stiffened like wood."

"Don't know, kid. . ." The pilot's words were a hiss, barely audible."