Determine what ones are A simile, metaphor, or personification
Numbers 1-12

1. personification - words climbing

2. diving into the stream of students is a metaphor comparing the stream of students to a stream of water.

3. Dropped "like" a pop tart is a simile because a simile is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

4. We collide "like" bumper cars - simile.

5. Personification - gut is like a beast scraping away.

6. Simile - it is using 'like' to make a comparison.

7. Simile - "like" a popped balloon.

8. Lights wink. Lights can't wink so that is personification - when you give something inanimate human characteristics.

9. The card is "like" a white patch of hope but they didn't use like so it is a metaphor. Only a simile uses like or as.

10. The sandwich barfed. Sandwiches can't barf so it is personification.

11. Her voice sounds LIKE - simile uses like or as.

12. I am a deer. He is comparing himself to a deer without using 'like' or 'as' so it is a metaphor.

Explanation:

I explained for each answer.

c. to depict the cunningness of the federal soldiers