📚 Part 1: Identify Figurative Language

Read the excerpt and answer the questions:

"The storm was a wild beast, moving through the night with lightning that split the sky. The wind screamed like many ghosts, while rain pounded the ground like a furious god. Houses shrank from the storm, their windows blinking like scared eyes."

1. Name THREE types of figurative language in this passage and give examples:

2. What technique is in "Houses shrank from the storm"?

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

3. Find ALL examples of hyperbole in the passage:

"lightning that split the sky"

"screamed like many ghosts"

"furious god"

"windows blinking like scared eyes"

4. Create a simile to describe the storm:

5. Create a metaphor to describe the storm:

✏️ Part 2: Creative Writing

Word Bank:

Use these words in your writing: bright, dreamy, stormy, calm, scary, grand, sad, lively, dangerous, peaceful, spooky, shining, empty, beautiful, dark

6. Write a short paragraph (at least 80 words) about a spooky abandoned building. Include:

• At least TWO metaphors
• At least ONE simile
• THREE words from the word bank
• Details about what you see, hear, smell, and feel

7. Change these simple sentences into vivid descriptions:

a) The ocean was rough. ________________________

b) The city was busy. ________________________

c) The forest was quiet. ________________________