Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

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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.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Make this a simile.
She sings....

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

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?

When his sister jumped out from behind the door, he was so scared he was as white as a ghost.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?

He is a night owl because he stays up late.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. 

• Sylvia's face and baby's skin
• Lotion and Sylvia's face.
• Sylvia and her face.
• Sylvia and smooth. 

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. 

• Crab and Sand
• Crab and dancing scissors
• Scissors and sand
• Dancing and sand. 

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the simile.

• The busy store is a beehive.
• He was a broken record.
• The hurricane was a monster.
• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

His name is mud means...

• He is in trouble.
• His friends call him "Mud".
• He loves to play with mud.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
I'm tired. Let's go to bed.

• Let's hit the hay.
• He tried not to "make waves".
• Stuck between a rock and a hard place.