Similes and Metaphors

A simile is an imaginative comparison between two different things using words such as "like" or "as."

• True

• False

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The boy across the street has a heart as big as all outdoors.

What does the simile in the sentence tell you?

• The boy has an enlarged heart.

• The boy is very giving and kind.

• The boy is very selfish and mean.

• The boy wears an oxygen mask.

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If the author writes "the bird glides like a plane in the sky", the author is using which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.3.3

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CCSS.RL.5.5

On the cold winter day, under the covers, I kept as snug as a bug in a rug.

"As snug as a bug in a rug" is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

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Choose the best ending for the simile. The kids were all coming to the pool.

The pool attracted kids like                         .

• flies to honey

• elephants to mice

• rain to the desert sands

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Choose the best ending for the simile:

Kendra isn't feeling well and her face is pale. She is as pale as...

• a black and white penguin

• a ghost

• a bucket of sand

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Which type of figurative language compares two objects using "like" or "as"?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• He's as lazy as a dog.

• My dad won't go hiking, he is a couch potato!

• She was as cold as ice.

• Her eyes shone like stars in the night.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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What two words are being compared in the following sentence?

The cat's fur was a blanket of warmth.

• cat and blanket

• fur and warmth

• fur and blanket

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What two words are being compared in the following sentence?

George is lightning as he runs the race.

• George and race

• George and runs

• George and lightning

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