The Platypus: An Odd Duck

The bottom layers of fur is like long underwear. This is an example of which type of figurative language?

• analogy

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the correct analogy?

• Buffet is to people as Australia is to platypus.

• Buffet is to people as burrow is to platypus.

• Buffet is to people as river is to platypus.

• Buffet is to people as territory is to platypus.

Which animal is most like the platypus?

• beaver

• duck

• fish

• seal

Of what is the bill of a platypus made?

• fur

• hard pads

• soft cartilage

• spurs

What is a characteristic of a nocturnal animal?

• It lays eggs.

• It has webbed feet.

• It sleeps during the night.

• It is active during the night.

What does the platypus NOT eat?

• fish eggs

• otters

• shrimp

• worms

Where does a platypus live?

• Australia

• Austria

• Mexico

• New Zealand

Which statement is NOT a simile?

• But this animal is not cute like Donald Duck.

• Its large bill is made of soft cartilage, like our noses.

• It uses its tail to help paddle and to steer its body.

• The bottom layer is short and thick, and covers it like long underwear.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which literary device is used in the following sentence?

"Its body is covered with fur, like a beaver or an otter, and it is a strong swimmer."

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which literary device is used in the following sentence?

"The males have spurs on their back feet, which have poison in them, like a snake."

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4