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Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors

Authored by Krista Mackintire

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language:  Similes and Metaphors
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A metaphor compares two things NOT using the words...

have and of

like or as

to have and to hold

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of a metaphor?

Her hair was as yellow as the sun.

His hands were as cold as ice.

Fourth-grade has the heart of a lion.

The house was like a circus!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is figurative language?

Language that cannot be taken literally; means more than what the words say.

Language that can be taken literally and means just what the words say.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of a simile?

Comparing two things in a way that one thing becomes what you are comparing it to

Comparing two things using HAVE and WHAT

Comparing two things using BUT and WHO

Comparing two things using LIKE or AS

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

simile
metaphor
personification
eardrums

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kim and Shana are like two peas in a pod. 

Metaphor
Neither
Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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