I'd like to make this a brief little lesson on the difference between similes, metaphors, and personification because if you don't know the difference because you've never learned- that's what this lesson is for; or if you simply get the three mixed up this can be a refresher, it's nothing to be ashamed about. You see, without these uses of figurative language our infinite access to literature would be a very colorless void of words. Figurative language is what brings literature to life.
A list of similes:
A simile is a comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'
-His hair in the morning is like an overgrown lawn of shag grass and wild weeds.
-Her fingers, delicate as a freshly baked cake made to crumble if touched too roughly.
-Days pass like clouds with many winds and whirls, thunder and downpours.
A list of metaphors:
A metaphor is a comparison without the use of 'like' or 'as'
-The sun is the fire in her brilliantly bright spirit.
-My heart is an abyss of unknown galaxies and blind star gazers.
-His hands are wrinkled pieces of paper waiting to be rescued from the cold, hard ground.
A list of personification:
Personification is referring to an inanimate object as something real- or giving an inanimate object life
-The willow wept and whistled as wind wrestled her delicate hair.
-The coffee grounds are magic dust and the warm water swims down to give me life.
-The darkness haunted me- it entangled my reality with an intertwining cringe of rage.
