Similes

I like to eat fish.

• Simile
• Not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I am as quick as a fox.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

They were fighting like cats and dogs.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.K.3

CCSS.RF.K.4

The boy liked to play video games.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Do your math as soon as you are finished.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Make this a simile.  She sings...

• at lunch
• at the crowd
• like a bird
• very well

Choose the correct simile.  The laptop is as...

• cunning as a sheep
• blind as a rat
• light as a feather
• quiet as a drum

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A simile.....

• says that something actually is something else.
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things using the words like or as
• represents a person, an animal, an thing, or an idea.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Make this a simile. She swims like a .....

• bird
• fish
• cheetah
• lizard

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D