Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor

Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor

5th - 10th Grade

11 Qs

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Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor

Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 10th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.3.5A, L.5.5A

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Megan Frisbie

Used 22+ times

FREE Resource

11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Only similes compare two unlike things.

Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison

Similes are literal statements

Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not

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

Determine if the following phrase is figurative or literal?


a broken heart

literal

figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?


An average heart is the size of your fist.

literal

figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My little sister was playing with toy cars. She drove them over the carpet, the kitchen floor, and the coffee table. She even drove them up the walls!

Literal

Nonliteral

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Where is the simile in the following sentences?: "I would really like a bed like the one in that hotel. Sleeping in that bed is like sleeping on a cloud."

No simile

"I would really like a bed like the one in that hotel."

"Sleeping in that bed is like sleeping on a cloud."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is a metaphor?: "Mrs. Tadlock is a great teacher. Her classroom is a calm, relaxing spa."

"Mrs. Tadlock is a great teacher."

"Her classroom is a calm, relaxing spa."

No metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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