Figurative Language- Personification, Simile and Metaphor

Pick the word that best fits the simile: 
The children were as quiet as

• frogs in the swamp
• dogs chasing cats
• a mouse
• a lion

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas
• friends to pods
• peas to pods
• best to friends

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

• The baby had 8 legs.
• The baby lives in the sea.
• The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
• The baby was sleeping. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

• Clouds
• Winked
• Say
• Moon

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Eating
• Baking
• Chewing
• Making people guilty

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Eating
• Baking
• Chewing
• Making people guilty

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is being personified:
The wind sang a sad song.

• wind
• song

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is being personified:
The moon guided me through the forest.

• moon
• forest

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CCSS.L.6.5A