Similes and Metaphors

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

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

Since Mom has two jobs, she is always as busy as a bee.

• Mom is always doing something.

• Mom is afraid of bees.

• Mom is building a beehive.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The dress was as colorful as a rainbow compared to my plain one.

• The dress was red.

• Jane wanted to wear pants.

• The dress had many colors.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mary is like a human calculator.

• Mary acts like a robot.

• Mary is very good at math.

• Mary needs a calculator to help her in math.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.

Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles.

• simile

• metaphor

• both a simile and a metaphor

• There is no figure of speech in that sentence.

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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