Figurative Language 5th Grade

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Which of the following is a simile? The moon smiled. The cheese was as smelly as a skunk. Her hair was silk.

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The cheese was as smelly as a skunk.

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Which of the following is a metaphor? The moon smiled. The cheese was as smelly as a skunk. Her hair was silk.

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Her hair was silk.

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Which example uses a simile? Options: The boy was as strong as an ox., The boy was an ox., Ben bakes dog bones for his dog Biscuit., I like grapes.

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The boy was as strong as an ox.

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Which sentence is a metaphor? My alarm clock yelled at me to wake up. He was as big as a tree. Cross your fingers. Life is a rollercoaster.

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Life is a rollercoaster.

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Which sentence uses a hyperbole? Options: Next Friday is never going to arrive., My teacher is a dragon., Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping as a career., The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.

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Next Friday is never going to arrive.

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Which sentence uses a metaphor? Options: He was as big as a house. The wind was a howling wolf. I’ve read this book a hundred times. My flowers were begging for water.

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The wind was a howling wolf.

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Which sentence uses personification? Options: Last night I slept like a log., He was in hot water after a fight with his sister., Time flies when you're having fun., Jenna ran around the lunchroom squealing like a pig.

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Time flies when you're having fun.