Simile and Metaphor

Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The bruise on Jack’s foot felt as big as an elephant.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?

Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.

• "best friend" and "secrets"

• "diary'' and "secrets"

• "Diary" and "her best friend"

• "her" and "diary"

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?

I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

• "I" and "hungry"

• "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"

• "Bear" and "hibernation"

• "hungry" and "hibernation"

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

During brunch with her grandparents, Yen Wen was a sweet pea.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simlie

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False:

A metaphor is a comparison that says something is something else.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False:

A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things. The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like."

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Both similes and metaphors ________.

• compare things

• use the words “like” and “as”

• are ways words can rhyme in a poem

• make a story less vivid

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The house was a carnival

• The house was noisy like a carnival

• The house had a carnival-like atmosphere

• The carnival moved into the house

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• She was a gazelle

• She ran faster than a gazelle

• A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did

• She was as graceful as a gazelle

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3