ELA Term 3 Language Review

What is a metaphor?

• Compares two things using like or as

• Compares two things NOT using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following sentence is a metaphor: Her dad was as big as a house!

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following sentence is a metaphor: You are my sunshine.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The camper was a chicken when he heard a growl in the forest.

• The baby ate like a bird during dinner.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The baby is as cute as a button.

• The teacher is a busy bee

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

1. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.

• just right

• nice and soft

• really hard

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following is a simile?

• Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

  Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

• The mom was as excited as a kid on Eid morning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which word means the cleanest?

• tidy

• neat

• Spotless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Which word is the scariest?

• frightening

• terrifying

• creepy

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4