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Metaphors

Authored by Stacy ssmith@zcs.k12.in.us

English

2nd - 7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Metaphors
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Read the metaphor. What does it mean?

In the school’s race, Ryan was a cheetah.

Ryan tripped the other runners.

Ryan was a fast runner.

Ryan was smarter than the others.

Ryan was the loser in the race.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Read the metaphor.

When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow.

What two things are being compared?

The cat and its prey

The cat and a shadow

The prey and its shadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

The house was a carnival.

The house was noisy like a carnival.

The carnival moved into the house

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

He is a walking dictionary. What two things are being compared?

A person and a walker

A person and a dictionary

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The basketball player is a racecar on the court. What does this mean?

The basketball player has a motor that can turn on and off.

The basketball player moves quickly. He runs fast.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The wind is a howling wolf. What does this metaphor mean?

The wolf is howling at the wind.

The wind sounds like a wolf howling.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The park was a lake after the rain. What does this metaphor mean?

It rained a lot and the park is flooded.

The lake in the park overflowed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

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