Writer's Effect

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is:

• Metaphors use likenesses while similes do not.

• Similes have words such as "like", or "as". Metaphors do not.

• There is no difference.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Intentionally exaggerating for effect is called _______________

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"Curiosity killed the cat" is an example of ___________________

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idioms

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

“an eerie ghost ship of an iceberg” is what figure of speech?

• Simile

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

“An eerie ghost ship of an iceberg” tells us....

• There was a ghost ship in front of the visitors

• How huge and scary the iceberg was

• There were ghosts on the sea

The phrase “ an eerie ghost ship of an iceberg “ effectively shows how...

• Excited the narrator was

• How scared the narrator was

• nonchalant

What are the connotations of the word “loomed closer”?

• Inching forward in a threatening way

• Standing still

• Huge and scary

“Lumbering heavily” is a description of....

• The bear

• The ice

• The iceber

“Then the iceberg slowly twisted and turned” is what figure of speech?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personifation

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is:

• Metaphors use likenesses while similes do not.

• Similes have words such as "like", or "as". Metaphors do not.

• There is no difference.