Metaphors and Similes

When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

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My mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning when we got a pool.

• a little happy
• thrilled
• sleepy
• bored

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My grandma is as sweet as sugar.

• she is very nice
• she wears sweet perfume
• she likes to bake sweets
• she loves CHOCOLATE!

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His bike is so new, it is as shiny as a twinkling star. 

• it's very shiny
• it sparkles
• it is yellow
• it is awesome

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Her new bedroom is like candy for the eyes.

• very pretty
• sweet to taste
• bad for you
• good for you

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She arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.

• with kids from the military
• with lots of kids
• with kids who were well-behaved
• with warrior children

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True or False: A metaphor uses the words "like" or "as"

• True 
• False

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What word tells you that it's a simile?

• As
• Poop
• The
• More poop

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Identify the simile

• I like apples.
• Apples taste sweet.
• You're the apple of my eye.
• This apple is as sweet as candy.

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Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

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