Lesson - 5 Similes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how similes enhance written and oral expression?

• They make language more vivid and interesting.

• They make sentences longer.

• They make poems rhyme.

• They help memorize facts.

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Student Pick #1

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Multiple Choice

Which literary device is defined as a comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Saving Sweetness

Multiple Choice

Based on the examples from 'Saving Sweetness,' which phrase is a simile?

• She looks like somethin' the cat drug in and the dog wouldn't eat.

• Coyote Pete is as mean as an acre of rattlesnakes.

• Mrs. Sump was hollerin' like a banshee.

• That little orphan is just as cute as a speckled pup under a wagon.

Multiple Choice

A ___ is an implied comparison between two unlike things.

• analogy
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of figurative language found in 'Saving Sweetness'?

Choose all that are correct!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What literary device is used in the example 'My hair feels like rabbit fur' and in the self-portrait template?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration