English - Vocabulary - Figurative language basics - Write Your Own

Give a topic (e.g., 'a thunderstorm'). The student writes one example of EACH type on a sticky note: Simile: 'The rain fell like tiny silver needles.' Metaphor: 'The sky was an angry gray ocean.' Personification: 'Thunder shouted across the valley.' Hyperbole: 'It rained enough to fill a swimming po