Metaphors Quiz

What is the message of this metaphor? 

• Stand up straight 
• Razor sharp back pain 
• Stab you in the back 
• Strong like a machine

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the message of this metaphor? 

• Recycle 
• Eat more fish 
• Use paper bags 
• Throw away your trash 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the message of this metaphor? 

• smell good like a peach
• fruit makes your skin beautiful 
• eat more fruit 
• skin as soft as a peach 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the message of this metaphor? 

• Recycle your sandwhich wrapper
• Don't eat Gmo's 
• Mcdonalds uses real chicken 
• save the animals 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That test was a piece of cake!

• The test was too hard.
• The test tasted like cake. 
• The test was easy.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My room is a disaster zone. 

• Construction it happening in my room. 
• My room is clean. 
• My room is messy. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My sister is a clown. 

• My sister is mad. 
• My sister is funny. 
• My sister is crying. 

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.3.4

The computer in our classroom is a dinosaur.

• The computer is old. 
• The computer is scary.
• The computer is brand new. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
His parents always told him that life was a rollercoaster and to jump on.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3