Name ______________________________ Figurative Language in The Hunger Games Figurative language is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken

literally. These figures of speech make the text more interesting to read. Types of figurative language include similes, metaphors, and personification. SIMILE a comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, or than. She is as quick as a fox. METAPHOR a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like, as, or than. With a metaphor, one thing becomes the other. The sun was a furnace.

PERSONIFICATION a type of metaphor in which non-human things possess human qualities or actions. The wind whistled through the night.
Read the examples of figurative language below. For each one, determine whether it is an example of: (NOTE some sentences may contain more than one type of figurative language) A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification

For similes and metaphors, underline the two things being compared. For personification, underline the non-human thing and its human quality or action. 1. _____ I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence is live. Right now, its silent as a stone. 2. _____ A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes. 3. _____ The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops, only add to the effect. 4. _____ The woods became our savior, and each day I went further into its arms. 5. _____ He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land. 6. _____ The team works on me until late afternoon, turning my skin to glowing satin. 7. _____ I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. 8. _____ Im awful. Haymitch called me a dead slug. 9. _____ The monstrous boy from District 2 is a ruthless killing machine. 10. _____ I feel like a piece of old leather, drying and cracking in the heat. 11. _____ Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young. 12. _____ Okay, I can stomach thatbut thisthis other thing. This teaming up with the Career wolf pack to hunt down the rest of us. No one from District 12 would think of doing such a thing!