Stuck on Metaphor, Simile, & Personification!

Metaphor, simile, and personification are ALL types of figurative language.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Authors use figurative language to make their writing more creative and imaginative.

• True

• False

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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

Metaphors, similes, and personification are used to COMPARE things in different ways.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The definition of metaphor is...

• a direct comparison without "like" or "as"

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• giving human qualities to a lifeless object

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The definition of simile is . . .

• a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• giving human characteristics to lifeless things

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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

The definition of personification is ...

• a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• giving human characteristics to a lifeless object

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

If I see the word "like" or "as," there is ALWAYS a simile.

• Yes.

• No. There has to be a comparison of two different things.

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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

Personification is confusion because it's actually a type of...

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Her heart is gold" is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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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

"He was solitary as an oyster" is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3