Nouns, Metaphors, & Allusions

A _______ is a figure of speech that directly states a similarity between two unlike things.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A/An _______ is a reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art; it allows the writer to express complex ideas.

• symbol

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"That test was a piece of cake." is an example of _____.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

"Chocolate is my Achilles' heel." is an example of:

• alliteration

• simile

• allusion

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which TWO THINGS are compared in the following sentence? My Grandma’s apple pie is a slice of Heaven.

• Grandma & Heaven

• apple & pie

• pie & slice

• pie & Heaven

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which TWO THINGS are compared in the following sentence? "Hope is the anthem of my soul."

• Hope & soul

• Hope & anthem

• Hope & is

• anthem & soul

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which TWO THINGS are compared in the following sentence? Experiences are stamps on the envelope of life.

• Experiences & stamps

• stamps & envelope

• envelope & life

• Experiences & life

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which TWO THINGS are compared in the following sentence? Due to the hurricane, our house nearly became an ark.

• hurricane & house

• hurricane & ark

• house & ark

• due & ark

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Michael’s purple cast was on his broken left leg.

• metaphor

• allusion

• neither

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Education is a passport to possibilities.

• metaphor

• allusion

• neither

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B